Tagged With: Deenethorpe
The Dampness Gets Me
January 12, 13 and 17: Three V-Mails to Dad in Topeka from his brother Stanley in Deenethorpe. Given the space limitations of the V-Mail format, the self-censorship, and the active military censorship (each V-Mail passes through and is signed off by a censor) substantive information is often hard to come across. However, the V-mails are … Continue reading
Work Never Ceases
January 1, 6 and 8, 1943. Stanley writes several V-Mails from Deenethorpe to Dad. Although the work is piling up, Stanley does manage to get to Mass on Sundays and most Holy Days of Obligation. With New Year’s Day upon him, he is nostalgic for home and simpler times. Nonetheless, he manages to get his … Continue reading
No White Christmas
December 22 and 25, 1943. Two V-Mails to Dad from Stanley detailing his first Christmas in England. This will be the last letter that Dad gets from his brother until the New Year. There are very little details about Stanley’s duties or what the 401st is tasked with doing, for very obvious reasons. Apparently, it … Continue reading
Time in the Army Sure Goes by Fast
November 19 and 25, 1943. Two V-Mails to Dad from his brother Stanley who is stationed “Somewhere in England”, actually at RAF Deenethorpe with the 401st Bomb Group (H). Stanley’s letters to Dad alternate between longer handwritten letters and shorter V-Mails. On the 19th Stanley is CQ and is passing the time “typing all night trying to … Continue reading
Pitch Black
November 12 and 15, 1943. Two handwritten letters to Dad from Stanley. Even though Stanley says that he still has a lot of work, it looks like he has settled into things at Deenethorpe enough to have time to write letters to Dad that are long enough that they exceed the limits of V-Mail forms. … Continue reading