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I’d Like to Match His Experience
October 2nd and 5th 1943: a couple of letters from Dad to family back home in Albany. Dad comments on a few of the items mentioned by Anna in her last note: Regarding the bananas Eddie got from a customer – “We …don’t get bananas so darn often. I think we had them once since … Continue reading
I am Learning Plenty
May 18 & 19, 1943. Two letters home from Dad. He starts be asking how many teeth mama has left to be pulled commenting “I remember that she didn’t exactly have that many of them as it was.” He also wishes her “enough strength to carry on.” Dad also addresses Anna’s questions in her May … Continue reading
We Had a Peter Parade
February 19, 1943. Stanley writes to Dad. He thanks Dad for sending him some Air Corps pins for his uniform. He also notes “Well, four months have passed just now since I have been in the Army. It was four months on February 15, 1943. Boy they sure went by pretty fast and I have … Continue reading
Training Film: Invasion of Poland
February 13, 1943, Stanley writes to Dad. He has a good amount of time to write as he is in “charge of quarters and taking charge of the office for a few hours from 1PM to 6PM. All I am doing is sitting here at the typewriter pounding away letters.” He warns his brother, “You … Continue reading
People are Saying That Hitler May be Dead
February 7 & 8, 1943. A couple of letters from Stanley to Dad. Still writing from Oxford, Mississippi on the campus of the University of Mississippi where he us going through training to be an Army clerk, he tells his brother, “I do not expect to hear from you frequently as when you get through … Continue reading
If You Just Think About Poland, That’s Enough
January 27, 28 and 30, 1943. Dad writes home. The suitcase that his mom sent has arrived and it has been stuffed with all that he asked for and even more. “I would like to thank you for the candy and cookies but please do not send any more in such great quantities as it … Continue reading