Tagged With: Cut Bank
About 250 Gallons of Beer
September 21 and 26, 1943. Two letters to Dad from his brother Stanley. Writing from Cut Bank, Montana, it looks like Stanley and the rest of the 401st are getting ready for overseas deployment. Both letters are relatively short one page affairs. On the 21st he writes that they “had a camouflage school…in a theater … Continue reading
30 Miles from the Canadian Border
July 28, 1943. A letter from Stanley to Dad. After being stationed at Great Falls for all of eighteen days, Stanley is on the move again and is now stationed at the Army Air Base in Cut Bank Montana. The move was made on July 26th by truck, with ten men in the back of … Continue reading
A Doolittle Raider Visits Great Falls
July 22 & 23, 1943. Two letters from Stanley to Dad. The first one is a short one-page note, and mainly serves as an excuse for Stanley to use some base letterhead that was lying around the office. He mentions that they had a group review the previous day. “We usually have it just before … Continue reading