Tagged With: Billy Lubinski
Terry Loves Uncle Stanley
December 28 and 30, 1945. Stanley wraps up the year home in Albany, NY with two letters to Dad. It seems that a few people in the house have colds. Stanley’s was so bad that he was unable to go to work. He reports that he could hardly get any sleep. “My throat was sore … Continue reading
Hopes of Seeing Stanley Soon
June 13 and 14: A V-Mail and a regular letter from Anna. As with the letters that were written close to each other, for the purposes of narration and storytelling I will treat them as one. Anna writes the V-Mail “as a go-in-between before you get the regular Bible which I write. This may be … Continue reading
Mama Likes the Girl
September 1, 4 and 8, 1944: a few letters from Anna to her brothers. The days are getting shorter in Albany, NY, as Anna mentions, “In fact, by eight thirty it is pretty dark and the streetlights are on.” Anna follows up on a comment that Dad made in a previous letter about Henry “Hank” … Continue reading
Do You See What I Mean?
April 10 and 17, 1944. Anna writes two letters to her brothers and manages the addition of a short letter to Dad. She debriefs them on the recent Easter holiday, updates them on some news from other relatives who are in the service, and takes Dad to task for mentioning his thoughts about volunteering for … Continue reading
She Completely Owns Him
February 1 and 4, 1944: two letters from home. For the most part the first letter of February 1944 is all about the baby. Aside from that, Anna expresses some concern that the letters from Dad seem to be coming less often. She also fills her brothers in on some news about a few of … 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
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
Strut Around the House
July 9, 1943. In a letter from home, the Murawski brothers are updated on the status of their mother’s dental health and more news about their baby niece’s antics. But first, Anna gets down to some business. She has been following up on the background checks that the Army has been performing on Dad. Apparently … Continue reading
We Used to Blame You Boys
June 18, 1943. A letter from Anna to Dad. She reports that the weather back home is “warm and hot but we always seem to be having a slight breeze”. She quickly gets into the news from the neighborhood and fills Dad in on the day to day goings on. She had an opportunity to … Continue reading