Letter from Home
Birthdays and Anniversaries
October 26 & 28, 1943. Anna writes two letters to the boys from home. On the 26th she is celebrating her 24th birthday and the baby’s first, and on the 28th she marks the fourth anniversary of her marriage to Eddie. She also notes that the upcoming Monday (Nov. 1st) is mama’s birthday. As is … Continue reading
Registering Day
October 21, 1943. A letter from Anna in Albany to her brothers. Anna gets them all caught up on the comings and goings in the neighborhood, passes along more news about the baby’s latest antics and has complaints about her mother’s stinginess with using fuel for the furnace. Rationing is still in effect, and in … Continue reading
He Sure Got the Hunting Bug
October 19, 1943. A letter from Anna to her brothers. The family continues to come to grips with the fact that Stanley is being sent overseas. In an earlier letter Dad alluded to the fact that Stanley is being sent to England. At this point in the war Germany and England have been bombing each … Continue reading
Terry Don’t Like Her Ducky
October 12 and 14, 1943. Two letters to the boys from home. Autumn is coming to Albany as the weather shifts back and forth from “cold for a day or two and then hot again.” As with many of the letters from home, these center on what is going on around the house and the … Continue reading
I Breathe a Silent Prayer
October 5th and 7th, 1943. Two letters from Anna to her brothers. There is a sense of acceptance back in Albany to the news that Stanley is being sent overseas. Anna writes to him, “Well, we are keeping our fingers crossed and many times through the day I breathe a silent prayer for you. We … Continue reading
I Am Proud of You Boys
September 28 and October 2, 1943. Two letters to the boys from their sister Anna back home in Albany. Anna writes “The average everyday life seems to run in the same monotonous day in and day out routine and much doesn’t happen in this big town like ours.” Nonetheless, she writes four pages worth of … Continue reading
A Big Parade of Baby Carriages
September 21 and 24, 1943. Two letters to the boys from Anna at home. It seems that all around Albany she is seeing young men in uniform and women with babies. She writes, “Today we went out on the avenue for a walk and as usual there was a big parade of baby carriages.” She … Continue reading
Albany is Getting Important
September 13 & 16, 1943. Two letters to the boys from home. Albany is in the grips of the in-between season when it can get hot during the day and extremely cold at night and then it is cold and rainy the next day. Anna explains that “through the night the weather gets cold and … Continue reading
That Little Wailing Voice
August 31 and September 2, 1943. A couple of letters from home. There is no real news in the letter of the 31st. Anna mentions that Joe Miller is home again for the weekend. It looks like he manages to spend a lot of weekends home as he is stationed in the Boston area. A … Continue reading
Jenny DeCaro Gets Married
August 24 & 27, 1943. A couple of letters from home. Baby Theresa is about 10 months old and continues to grow and learn all kinds of important things. Anna reports that “when you stand her up in the crib she grabs a hold of the spokes and stands up all by herself. She also … Continue reading