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.
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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.
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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.
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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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