Letter from Home
I Wish I Could Do More
Mid-January, 1944. Dad receives several letters from friends and cousins back home in Albany, NY. With letters from three different people, the news is pretty disjointed. That said; two of the writers are members of the St. Cecilia’s Choir, so dad gets a good update on the latest from them. Please excuse the seemingly random … Continue reading
Kuka
January 17 & 20, 1944. Anna writes two letters to her brothers. She gets them caught up on news about some of their friends and family from Albany who are in the service, as well as the latest “gossip” about what is happening on Orange Street. As always, Anna writes about the latest antics of … Continue reading
He Certainly Isn’t Handsome
January 10 and 13, 1944. Two letters from home in Albany. Anna writes about going to see a movie at the Palace Theater and shares her thoughts about the big crooning star of the day, Frank Sinatra. She also brings the boys up to date on what’s going on in the neighborhood as well as … Continue reading
She Will Salute You
January 4 and 7 1944 – two letters from Albany to the boys. Anna reports that there is not much news to report, but nonetheless manages to type two pages single spaced for each of the letters. With a 14 month old child, Anna and Eddie did not bother to go out on New Year’s … Continue reading
Scare Her if You Can
December 26 and 29, 1943. A pair of letters from home. Dad gets debriefed on Christmas in Albany while the boys are away in the Army, including a rundown of some of the presents that everyone got. Anna fills Dad in on some of the hoops they have to jump through to send even the … Continue reading
We Finally Got Our Tree
December 16, 21 and 22, 1943.A few letters to Dad form the family back home in Albany. Anna started to get Dad’s letters while he is on travel duty in Nebraska. As always, there are updates about the baby, and preparations continue to be made for the first Christmas without the boys at home. The … Continue reading
It Is Already Advent
December 2 and 6, 1943. A couple of letters to Dad from his sister Anna back home in Albany. Now that Thanksgiving has passed, the Advent season is being observed and preparations for Christmas are underway. Anna starts off expressing more relief that the letters from Stanley, who was just sent over to England, are starting … Continue reading
You Are Close to Us In Spirit
November 26 and 29, 1943. Two letters to the boys from the folks back home in Albany, NY. The last two posts have covered Stanley’s Thanksgiving in England and Dad’s in Topeka – now for Albany. It is getting a little warmer and about half of the thirteen inches of snow that fell on the … Continue reading
Mama Just Isn’t the Same Now
November 9th and 12th 1943. Two letters from Anna. The word has hit home that Stanley has been shipped overseas, the baby finally gets the playpen that Eddie’s parents were hoping to buy for her, there is a new tenant in the house on Second Street and they took the baby with them to visit … Continue reading
Everyday it is Something New
November 1st and 4th, 1943. Two letters to the brothers from home. As a reminder, Dad was drafted two months after his brother Stanley. Rather the having to write two separate letters to her brothers, Anna began to write one letter, sending the original to one brother and a carbon copy to the other. There … Continue reading