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Tagged With: Regina (Rajczewski) Wilk

Judith Anne is Improving

July 20 and 21, 1945. Stanley writes two letters, which he describes as “more jabbering and gossip rather than a letter,” to Dad from Albany. I’ll spare you the jabbering and gossip and get to the meat of the letters. It’s been a few days since Stanley has been able to write “between taking care … Continue reading »

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Crazy About Berry Picking

July 24 and 29, 1944: Anna writes two letters to her brothers, Anthony who is at Topeka Army Air Base and Stanley who is at Deenthorpe, England. Anna recaps the weekend, the highlight of which was a picnic at Helderberg Mountain where they grilled pork chops, and picked some red raspberries to bring home. Little … Continue reading »

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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 »

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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 »

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Another Crate of Oranges

January 24 and 27, 1944: two letters from home. The month is winding down in on Orange Street in Albany.  The baby has just hit the fifteen month mark, and there is much to report on her growing up. Aside from that, life goes on with outings to the movies, gifts from one of Eddie’s … Continue reading »

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More on Regina (Rajczewski) Wilk

Just a short post to revisit yesterday’s. You know, sometimes the internet is a total time sink and at others it can be a wealth of information. Case in point, last night after I posted about the Kosinski letter of June 18, 1943, I decided to give Google a little workout. Since Kosinski mentioned the … Continue reading »

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