Tagged With: Easter
Get Out of the Camp
April 20, 1945. After not writing for a while, Anna has some pent up news. She writes a four page single spaced typewritten letter to her brothers. She acknowledges, “It is three weeks since I have written to you last. …between the house and the baby and ahem the condition the I am in now … Continue reading
British Double Summer Time
April 2 and 7, 1945: Stanley writes two letters to Dad from England. Based on the comment that he just received Dad’s letter “which was written on the Ides of March” it looks like letters are taking about two and a half weeks to get from McCook, Nebraska to Deenethorpe, England. He writes “I guess … Continue reading
The Easter I Remember Back Home
April 1 and 4, 1945. Dad writes a few letters home from McCook, Nebraska. It is Easter on base and there is a “cold wind…which makes you start sniffling. However, when the sun does come out, it warms you up and you can feel the cold going away… Easter around here has been like the … Continue reading
A Belated Easter Wish
March 31, 1945: Anna writes a four page typewritten letter (single spaced) to her brothers. Easter has come and gone and springtime is coming to Albany, NY. As she opens the letter, Anna wishes her brothers “…a belated Easter wish.” She notes that she “…didn’t even get a chance to go out and buy an … Continue reading
Working the Swing Shift
March 28 and 30, 1945: Dad writes two letters home. Both are typewritten and rather short by his standards (one and a half pages and one page respectively). With every day that passes, he gets closer to being deployed overseas. On the 28th he is “working the Swing Shift here, 4:30 PM to 12:30…it gives … Continue reading
Snowed in with Letters
March 21 and 15, 1945. Dad writes two letters home from McCook, Nebraska where he has recently been attached to the 331st Bomb Group. It seems that since word has gotten out about his new assignment and the prospect that he will soon be sent overseas he “has been snowed in with letters.” When he … Continue reading
Do You See What I Mean?
April 10 and 17, 1944. Anna writes two letters to her brothers and manages the addition of a short letter to Dad. She debriefs them on the recent Easter holiday, updates them on some news from other relatives who are in the service, and takes Dad to task for mentioning his thoughts about volunteering for … Continue reading
Pretty Good Service
April 1, 6 and 10, 1944: a few V-mails from Stanley to Dad. Stanley is still with the 401st Bomb Group in Deenethorpe, England. As is the case back home in Albany and in Topeka where Dad is, Easter and spring time are on the way, Stanley gets to see some of London while on … Continue reading
Transferred in on Special Orders
April 6, 10 & 12, 1944: A few letters home from Dad from Topeka. It is Easter time at Topeka Army Air Base. Dad spends some time thinking back on last year’s Easter and writes about what is going on in the present, including a wedding that he was in for a friend of his. … Continue reading
Express an Opinion
April 3 and 8, 1944: A couple of letters from home. Easter preparations are under way in Albany and the search for new tenant for the upstairs apartment is on. Spring has surely some to town as Eddie is getting out fishing again. In war related news, a cousin has received a Purple Heart and … Continue reading