Tagged With: Guam
Face Things as They Come
July 15, 16, and 17, 1945. Stanley writes a few letters to Dad from Albany. Anna is still in the hospital after delivering her second child. She is expected to be home “sometime the end of the week or so.” In the meantime, although there has been no date set for the baby’s baptism Stanley … Continue reading
This is Quite the Place Now
May 28, 1945. We have a V-mail from Dad to his family back home in Albany. Also, in a departure from the usual, we have a letter that Dad wrote to his brother Stanley. A far as his note home, he mentions that he is “getting hot meals and they taste pretty good.” He also … Continue reading
I Have to Laugh Now
May 23, 1945. Dad is settling in at Northwest Field on Guam and has a chance to write a letter home to share a few of the details of his trip to the Pacific Theater. He notes that he is “fine and things are improving…by the day. I am now getting a suntan and getting … Continue reading
On Land in the Pacific Somewhere
May 13 and 14, 1945. Having finally arrived at his destination, Dad writes two V-Mails home. It looks like a letter from home dated April 10, 1945 was waiting for him and he received a letter from Stanley which he “read by the campfire”. He reports “I have my two feet on dry land” and … Continue reading