Letters From Our Boys From War Time Mail Delays And Poems
War era letters recount home memories from England New York and San Francisco. Pvt James G Whitley writes Easter greetings and Mother’s Day wishes while S Sgt William Hedgepeth and Cpl Raleigh Sadler describe longing for news papers and home fishing. Other notes mention New Guinea mud rain and the Herald paper delivery.
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Acre
England
Sne
Cpl
Raleigh B. Sadler
John W. Lupton
GMK
San Francisco
Calif
Ear Carroll
Herald
New Guinea
War era diary note hints at rationing and home front shortages
A fragmented memoir snippet mentions a New Jersey pocketbook, a dream for housewives, and a one-acre area with neonuts lemons limes mangos ananas oranges raspberries and cherries needing no ration points. The writer jokes about censor and medical survey while praising home front resilience and wartime reporting.
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Arge
New Jersey
Pacific
Herald
Jungle camp life with Melanesian workers and odd customs
A wartime journal entry describes jungle camp life with primitive mosquitos, races between Seabees and lizards, and Melanesian natives who speak a broken English. The writer notes natives' union like habits and daily sundown routines, ending with an odd incident about a soldier displaying his false teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Club
Seabees
WPA
Trading Tales With Natives And The Seabee
The narrator recalls natives reacting to magic and a Seabee who terrorized a work site. Campfire talk reveals the natives singled out the Seabee and copied a gesture, while the narrator reflects on a failed trade after a lengthy exchange with a black trader.
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Seabee
Bill Wolhar
Soldier Vote Letter Critics Denial of Military Voting Rights
BILL SANDERSON argues service members should vote in elections and criticizes the denial of voting rights for those in the armed forces. He urges the Republican party to support servicemen and notes concern about a potential fourth term for Roosevelt and national wartime leadership.
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Republican Party
Roosey
Repubcan
White House
Bill Sanderson
Evans Transfer Moves Soldier From Camp Hood to Camp Chaffie
William H. Evans son of Mr and Mrs JH Evans of this city formerly stationed at Camp Hood has been transferred to Camp Chaffie Arkansas.
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William H. Evans
Mr& JH. Evans
City
Camp Hood
Camp Chaffie
Arkansas
Harvey birth announced for Newburgh couple Mary Ann
Mr and Mrs William Harvey of Newburgh New York announce the birth of a daughter Mary Ann on May 9 Mrs Harvey formerly Miss Kathryne Coburn of this city T J Alford attending a hospital convention at Ashevi l this week Mrs John Clark ill at her home on Washington street
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William Harvey
Newburgh
N. Y
Mary Ann
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Armed Services
Leroy
Papa
Herman
James
James G. Whitley
Inf. Co. R
New York
Mr. Wilson
William Hedgepeth
M. C. Co
Carroll
Reme
Dad
Ward
Marjory Hess
Miss Hess
U.S. Treasury Department
Barman's
Western Auto
Clayton
Ericana
Priestley
America
Promontory Point
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
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