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Another Kansan Special
August 10, 17 and 20, 1944: Dad writes a few relatively short handwritten letters home, noting that he is “very short of words.” Summer is starting to wane at Topeka Army Air Base as “The days around here are warm and the cool evenings are a wonderful relief.” As he is writing the letter on … Continue reading
Odd Looking Things
July 18 and 20, 1944: Two letters from Stanley in Deenethorpe to Dad at Topeka. Stanley decided to go into the office on his day off to catch up on his correspondence. They have had some “nice hot weather for a change…two days of warmth was just like heaven. …I felt like lying on the … Continue reading
The Good Old Fourth of July
July 3rd, 5th and 13th, 1944: Three letters from Stanley to his brother. Stanley is with the 401st Bomb Group in Deenethorpe, England. He writes that he has been “slipping up on my correspondence. I guess it is because I type and write all day and I don’t feel like writing in the evening.” Even so, … Continue reading
Neither Married Nor Engaged
July 1 and 4, 1944, two letters from Dad to the folks back home. Dad is still in Topeka with the 270th AAF Base Unit. As it is the first of the month and a Saturday, “The place is empty since payday was yesterday.” Being that it is a weekend he has a lot of … Continue reading
A Lot of Love in That Package
June 26 and 30, 1944: Two letters to Dad and Stanley from his family in Albany, NY. As has become the custom, their sister Anna is on letter writing duty. Since the letters often run three or four pages, she uses carbon paper in her typewriter to generate two copies, one to send to Dad in Topeka … Continue reading
There is at Least Hope
June 19, 1944: A letter from Anna writing from the home front in Albany, NY to her brothers. Almost two weeks after the D- Day Invasion, Anna comments on how the war is going. There is also other news from home about her seeing their cousin Edward Morawski’s Purple Heart and the plans in the works … 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
Funny Weather
May 10, 16 and 18, 1944: Stanley writes a few V-mails to Dad. He writes two on the 10th and one on each of the other days. Stanley focuses on the everyday details of life at Deenethorpe, including the weather, the movies he’s seen at the base theater, and the many other things that they … Continue reading
Sew the Corporal Stripes On
July 17 & 19, 1943. A pair of letters from Uncle Stanley to Dad. Stanley has been at Great Falls, Montana for about a week and a half while Dad is in his second month at Topeka Army Air Base. Stanley has been burning the midnight oil getting the payroll done, working until 2 and … Continue reading
I Will Try Again Later
July 17 & 20 1943. Letters home from Dad responding to the letter that his sister wrote him on the 14th. As he is writing on the evening of the 17th he is pulling CQ duty and has time to catch up on his correspondence. He was glad to hear about their friend Joe Miller … Continue reading