Soldiers Seeks from War Front Lines in Neighboring Posts
Fragmented war time missive lists numerous service members in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific asking kin and friends to write. Names span Private to Sergeant with units including Ha Co 3rd Bn 414 Inf and 1094 Sch Sadrn. A mix of APO and camp addresses show ongoing correspondence during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredarick Leke
Medical Corps
N. Africa
Wesson Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Jiramie Paai
Ha. Co
Camp Adair
Oreg
Ellis Vinas
Africa
Pfc
Relph Kight
Sch
Sadrn
AAFP
AQT
TEFTS
LAFS
Lubbock
Tex
Ed Mastin
Temn
Hosp
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Welter
Bad
Edway
Tag. Batt
4Th
Irtc Regt
Fort MacClellah
Ala
James Owelagher
Guadalcanal
Jjehany Kevachich
Co. E
Engrs
Kevachich
Sig. A.W
APO
Seattle
Wash
Ise Callahan
Martin Uhleman
Cochran Field
Macon
William F Brothers
TSS
Sheppard Field
Lorey
Merchant Marine
John Daniel Higgins
Bat
Regt
GLNTS
San Francisco
Calif
Raysend E. Bisarmere
Sth
Sig. Co
Howard
Qreaner
Fin
Lake Charles
Harry Stone
DH Geldetein
Fourth Airways
Epis
Sack Biermend
Marcy Shifman
Hawaii
Ehveoed Clent
Jewis Bo Gonte
Paul Saw Sawyer
Patilla
Havanie
War era letters and notes from service members
A collection of personal messages between service members and relatives spanning bombed barracks to postwar reunions. Letters reference losing mail in fires, dates and meetings at Ebbets Field, weddings, greetings from England, Africa, the Pacific, and Puerto Rico, plus hints of home towns and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Casi
Davideen
Fred E. Erickson
Btry
San Francisco
Calif
Jew Yelnick
Med
Spokane Air Depot
Wash
Irving Bloom
Ebbets Field
Gordon Cresemean
England
Bob Crossman
Bob White
Hugh Culbertson
An2c
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Harry
RAF
Africa
Dorothy
Paul Heedak
Elmira
N. Y
Naval Air Station
John Hoedak
Coast Artillery
John
Clayton
Wileen
Owensville
Ind
Navy
Arnold Smith
Smith
YANK readers share war era letters and notes from overseas
Letters from soldiers recount chevron rules for overseas service, praise for Negro engineers on ally roads, autograph requests from Britain, onion peeling with gas masks, and reflections on German motorcycles. Readers describe daily front line life, supply issues, and a call for broader patriotic music and national anthems in camp shows.
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Robert A. Hell
Donald Greatrake
Pasadena
Hall
South Pacific
Greatrake
Mesto
Gould
Cpl
Si Schoenzeit
Camp Beauregard
Reber
Wotta
Swampscott
Scotty Morrison
John Rimel
Jack Burril
Joe Gillis
Staith
Atlanta
W. R. Baker
Australia
Tokio
Air Force
Povidsed
Yolmich
Crossman
Culbertson
Heedak
Wilson
Johnsen
Yank
Star and Stripes
Uncle Sam
Orville Carle
Arkansas
Howard E. Rhodus
Australie
Ft. St.John
Ft. Nelson
Hiver
Ft. St. John
Canada
Shore Patrol
Baveid Weiss
Army
Wavy
Air Corps
British Royal Artillery
Cerne Oad
Morden
Surrey
Ouwier
Rewick Aucoch
A. W
George L. Griffin
Huster Field
Georgia
Yanrk
B.M.W
Pat
B. BA. Tobey
Sistica Heapitel
Fost Knox, Ky
Armerican Picture Industry
Arpehican
Boeing
Ray
Pia Des
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