Tagged With: Kay Kyser
A Fine Opportunity
November 29, 1944. Dad writes a letter home from Topeka Army Air Field. He acknowledges receiving his sister’s letter of November 26. He is typing the letter in the office and notes that “The moon…is very bright and there are white billowy clouds in the sky. The ground is frozen and it looks like we … Continue reading
Categories: Dad's Letters Home, Topeka Army Air Base
Tags: Kay Kyser, Topeka Army Air Base
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A Chow Line a Mile Long
February 4 and 9, 1944: Two V-mails to Dad from Stanley in Deenethorpe. Aside from work, Stanley’s days are filled with routine chores like laundry and diversions from the routine including USO shows and the ever present radio broadcasts. Aide from that, it is the dead of winter and Stanley writes about what it is like to … Continue reading
Categories: Deenethorpe
Tags: 401st Bomb Group, Army food, Deenethorpe, Fred Waring, Kay Kyser, USO
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