Author Archives: John
Funny Weather
May 10, 16 and 18, 1944: Stanley writes a few V-mails to Dad. He writes two on the 10th and one on each of the other days. Stanley focuses on the everyday details of life at Deenethorpe, including the weather, the movies he’s seen at the base theater, and the many other things that they … Continue reading
Short Sheeting
May 18 and 22, 1944: Dad writes two short letters home from Topeka. Things are pretty routine in Kansas. The weather is getting nicer in Topeka as Dad keeps up his correspondence with family back home as well as his brother and a former boss, both stationed overseas. He is also taking a correspondence course … Continue reading
A Cablegram
May 7 and 16, 1944: Two letters from Anna to her brothers. Anna tells her brothers about how well things are going with the new upstairs tenants. She also writes to them about a pleasant surprise that mama received on Mother’s Day, and a scare that the baby had one night during a very loud … Continue reading
Don’t Pass Up Any Opportunities
Early May, 1944: A couple of letters from friends and relatives. We have two letters from Capt. John Jordan who had worked with Dad at Topeka and was sent overseas and a letter from his cousin Stella Morawski in Albany. Capt. Jordan encourages Dad to keep up the good work, while Stella brings Dad up … Continue reading
Satisfied Where I Am
May 1, 4 and 8, 1944: A few V-mails and a letter to Dad from his brother Stanley who is stationed at Deenethorpe with the 401st Bomb Group. The weather is warming up in England with the spring. Sanely writes, “It is nice and warm outside and everyone is outside playing ball.” As is usually … Continue reading
I’d Like to Be There to Help Him
May 9 and 11, 1944: Dad writes two letters home from Topeka Army Air Base where he is with the 270th AAF Base Unit (SW). Things are pretty routine. He writes about buying War Bonds and sending money orders home. He also provides a slice of life as he writes about the retreat ceremony on … Continue reading
A Big Kick out of Little Kids
May 2 and 4, 1944: Anna writes two letters to her brothers from Albany. There are new tenants upstairs, baby Terry has made a new friend, there is word that there may be an invasion of Germany soon, and the local election committees seem to be doing whatever they can to get the men in … Continue reading
Anything Can Happen in Kansas
May 1 and 5, 1944: Dad writes two brief letters home from Topeka Army Air Base where he is assigned to the 270 AAF Base Unit (SW). In reaction to a letter from Anna which mentioned that their cousin Eddie Morawski was awarded a Purple Heart and would be home for a visit soon, Dad … Continue reading
Level and True
April 18, 20, 21 and 24, 1944: Some V-mails from Stanley Murawski, who is with the 401st Bomb Group in Deenethorpe, to his brother, Anthony who is stationed at Topeka Army Air Base. Stanley writes about a few of the USO shows that where held on base and shares a humorous poem about Army clerks. … Continue reading
A Lot More to be Done
April 22, 25 and 29, 1944 : Three letters home from Topeka Army Air Base. Other than writing about the weather and such, Dad shares the news that a longtime serviceman that he has come to know on the base has passed away. He also writes about the usual on base diversions, including the USO shows, … Continue reading