Letter from Home
Crazy About Berry Picking
July 24 and 29, 1944: Anna writes two letters to her brothers, Anthony who is at Topeka Army Air Base and Stanley who is at Deenthorpe, England. Anna recaps the weekend, the highlight of which was a picnic at Helderberg Mountain where they grilled pork chops, and picked some red raspberries to bring home. Little … Continue reading
A Lot of Love in That Package
June 26 and 30, 1944: Two letters to Dad and Stanley from his family in Albany, NY. As has become the custom, their sister Anna is on letter writing duty. Since the letters often run three or four pages, she uses carbon paper in her typewriter to generate two copies, one to send to Dad in Topeka … Continue reading
There is at Least Hope
June 19, 1944: A letter from Anna writing from the home front in Albany, NY to her brothers. Almost two weeks after the D- Day Invasion, Anna comments on how the war is going. There is also other news from home about her seeing their cousin Edward Morawski’s Purple Heart and the plans in the works … Continue reading
That’s All That Counts
June 5 and 12, 1944. Anna writes two letters to her brothers. Little Terry continues to grow month by month and is always learning new things. The upstairs neighbor has bought a “jalopy” much to mama’s consternation. It looks like wedding bells are in the air for cousin Eddie Morawski who is home on a … Continue reading
Such a Long Time
May 25, 1944: A letter from Anna to her brothers. I would normally include this with other letters to get a bunch covered at once, but reading ahead there is number of letters from Dad in quick succession, and some of his comments would read out of sequence without this letter, so onward. Little Terry … Continue reading
The World Looks Grand
May 19 and 22, 1944: Two letters from Anna at home to the brothers. Her husband Eddie has taken on the project of fixing up a sandbox for their daughter, there is a fishing trip to Lake Champlain, and a few friends drop by before resuming their service duties. As usual, little Terry is up … 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
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
The Best Has Happened
April 20 and 24, 1944: Anna writes two letters to her brothers from the home front in Albany, NY. The baby is just getting over being sick and work is being done to get the upstairs apartment ready for the new tenants. The baby continues to grow and amuse the family with her antics and … Continue reading