Tagged With: Letter from Home
A Big Kick out of Little Kids
May 2 and 4, 1944: Anna writes two letters to her brothers from Albany. There are new tenants upstairs, baby Terry has made a new friend, there is word that there may be an invasion of Germany soon, and the local election committees seem to be doing whatever they can to get the men in … Continue reading
I Breathe a Silent Prayer
October 5th and 7th, 1943. Two letters from Anna to her brothers. There is a sense of acceptance back in Albany to the news that Stanley is being sent overseas. Anna writes to him, “Well, we are keeping our fingers crossed and many times through the day I breathe a silent prayer for you. We … Continue reading
One Man Circus
July 16, 1943. A letter from Anna to her brothers. Eddie is still on vacation and has been going fishing “practically every second say”. As far as Anna is concerned, once his vacation is over “he will have to stay at home and be a good boy.” Baby Theresa continues to delight. Having some time … Continue reading
13 Buttons
July 14, 1943. A letter from Anna to her brothers. As a reminder, after Dad was called up, he and his brother Stanley told Anna to send the same letter to each of them by way of a carbon copy, so in the letters we see times when Anna addresses the brothers both together and … Continue reading
That Content Look
Two letters from Anna to Dad, one on the 5th and another dated July 6, 1943. Anna brings up the issue of the references that Dad has asked various neighbor and community members (including the Dr. Derkowski and Chmielewski, the undertaker) to provide for him. Anna mentions that the doctor said the form came from … Continue reading
All His Medals
July 2 & 3 1943. Two letter to Dad from his sister Anna back home in Albany. She starts off by telling Dad that the Walshes (who rent the upstairs apartment of the house) have moved out. Jimmy Walsh was home on furlough and helped with the packing and moving. This calls for a correction … Continue reading
Those New Sirens
June 29, 1943. Anne writes a letter to her brothers. Mama has had three more teeth pulled, all from the upper left side of her mouth. Anna goes into great detail for three paragraphs (almost half the letter) about the trip to the dentist. The gist of it is that even though she has had numerous … Continue reading
We Used to Blame You Boys
June 18, 1943. A letter from Anna to Dad. She reports that the weather back home is “warm and hot but we always seem to be having a slight breeze”. She quickly gets into the news from the neighborhood and fills Dad in on the day to day goings on. She had an opportunity to … Continue reading
That is Better
June 11, 1943. Anna writes a letter to Dad. For the most part she is responding to letters that her brothers Stanley and Anthony have been writing home. Anna assures Dad (Anthony) that his father has made the second quarterly payment on his income tax. She also addresses a comment Dad made in an earlier … Continue reading
A Flower Without Water
May 19, 1943. A letter from Stanley to Dad. There were two letters from Stanley dated May 19th . The previous post covered one of them. It looks like this is the first of the two that he wrote while home on furlough. He tells about the train trip from Ephrata to Albany, noting “I … Continue reading