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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1944

Page

23

Letters From Our Boys From World War II Echoes

A collage of wartime letters from North Carolina and other U.S. families, including Wendell Young of the 384th Service Squadron in England, Ellwood Goodfellow in Port Ha. APO 929, Arthur Lunch at Camp Livingston, and Millard Browning writing from Roanoke Rapids. Sentiments of morale, longing for home, and news of medals, battles in the Pacific, and hopes for a return home weave through the pages.

Carroll England O. K The Herald North Carolina Howard Hancock Lt. Welch Cherrie Wendell Young Care New York Mr. Wilson the Herald United States South Sea Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Ellwood L United States Army Tar Heel Donald Lee Millard

Mrs Robert Vaughn Study Club Hosts Meeting

The Mrs Robert Vaughn Study Club hosted a Friday gathering with president Mrs Matthew Broun presiding. Papers on Russia were read by Mrs Edmund Berkley and Mrs Allmand White, with others contributing on topics from education to industry, followed by an ice course.

Robert Vaughan Matthew Broun C. A. Wyche Russia Edmund Berkley Allmand White Akers L. W. Clements Mesdames D. C. Clark H. E. Lee A. Meikle W. A. Thorne R L Towe Gordon Price Mrs. McRae Greensboro N. C

In Memory to My Daddy Tribute by Sgt Horace Olmstead

A wartime letter from Sgt Horace Olmstead in India to his mother notes his father John W Olmstead’s death and expresses longing. He mentions mail delays, pride in his unit’s achievements including three planes and two ships painted on their bridge, and fear during enemy presence near their ship.

Catherine Sgt Horace Olmstead John W. Olmstead Sgt. Olmstead India Horac Olmstead S.C. W Care New York N. Y Carroll The Herald

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