Tagged With: Deenethorpe
Group Party
June 23 and 28th, 1944: Two letters to Dad from his brother Stanley in England. As usual, Stanley mentions very little about his particular duties, but he does discuss some of the diversions, provides snippets of life on base at Deenethorpe as part of the 401st Bomb Group, including a big group party that was held, … Continue reading
Pretty Rough in France
June 3, 11, 15 and 17, 1944: Two V-Mails and two longer letters to Dad from his brother Stanley who is stationed at Deenethorpe, England with the 401st Bomb Group. Even though it is June the English weather is “kind of chilly” as Stanley writes that his “is building a small fire in the stove. … Continue reading
How Time Flew By Fast
May 21-31, 1944. Stanely writes five V-mails to Dad in this span of time. He recollects that a year ago in the middle of May he was home on furlough. He comments “Boy, how time flew by fast.” He brings Dad up to speed on the day-to-day goings on at Deenethorpe. Spring has come to … 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
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
Pretty Good Service
April 1, 6 and 10, 1944: a few V-mails from Stanley to Dad. Stanley is still with the 401st Bomb Group in Deenethorpe, England. As is the case back home in Albany and in Topeka where Dad is, Easter and spring time are on the way, Stanley gets to see some of London while on … Continue reading
Read the Headlines
March 18, 20, 22 and 25, 1944: a handful of V-mails from Stanley to Dad. Uncle Stanley is at Deenethorpe, England with the 613th Bomb Squadron of the 401st Bomb Group. While his squadron has been spending the month bombing strategic Nazi targets in Europe, Stanley has been careful to write about regular base life … Continue reading
The English Sure Like Their Tea
February 17, 21, 27 and 29, 1944. We get a few V-mails from Stanley to Dad. Given the format they are short letters with a lot of single sentence paragraphs. The information is concise and to the point. Apparently in a recent letter Dad had asked Stanley if he would like a pocket chess game. … Continue reading
A Chow Line a Mile Long
February 4 and 9, 1944: Two V-mails to Dad from Stanley in Deenethorpe. Aside from work, Stanley’s days are filled with routine chores like laundry and diversions from the routine including USO shows and the ever present radio broadcasts. Aide from that, it is the dead of winter and Stanley writes about what it is like to … Continue reading
A Military Crease
January 21, 26, 28 & 30, 1944: four V-mails from Stanley to Dad. Stanley is in Deenethorpe, England with the 613th Bombardment Squadron of the 401st Bomb Group while dad is in Topeka with the 21st Bomb Wing. Stanley reports that “life is going on as usual.” He mentions that he is enjoying some music on … Continue reading