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It Is Already Advent
December 2 and 6, 1943. A couple of letters to Dad from his sister Anna back home in Albany. Now that Thanksgiving has passed, the Advent season is being observed and preparations for Christmas are underway. Anna starts off expressing more relief that the letters from Stanley, who was just sent over to England, are starting … Continue reading
He Will Be a One Man Army
September 15 and 19, 1943. A couple of letters home from Dad while stationed in Topeka. Both letters seem to have been written in the evening while he was relaxing in the barracks with the radio on. The programming that he mentions on the radio includes Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster in the “Phantom of … Continue reading
Albany is Getting Important
September 13 & 16, 1943. Two letters to the boys from home. Albany is in the grips of the in-between season when it can get hot during the day and extremely cold at night and then it is cold and rainy the next day. Anna explains that “through the night the weather gets cold and … Continue reading