Letter from Home
Orders for Rest and Recuperation
July 5, 1945. Stanley is back in the States and has been back in Albany for a few days and writes that “It sure feels good to be home again after twenty-one months overseas.” He arrived home on the 3rd and laid down “about 7 PM on the bed for a while”. He states that he … Continue reading
Stanley Arrived From England
July 3, 1945. Anna writes a short handwritten letter to Dad. She notes that the following day is Independence Day but not for her because she “is still double.” The baby is two weeks overdue, but as far as Anna is concerned, “…no matter how people figure, babies get born when their time comes.” Even … Continue reading
The City Sizzles
June 16, 1945: A letter from Anna to Dad which she included with a card that she sent him for his birthday. Anna notes that the letter is “from the three of us yet but who knows by the time you get this letter a new fellow will have made his debut into this world. … Continue reading
Hopes of Seeing Stanley Soon
June 13 and 14: A V-Mail and a regular letter from Anna. As with the letters that were written close to each other, for the purposes of narration and storytelling I will treat them as one. Anna writes the V-Mail “as a go-in-between before you get the regular Bible which I write. This may be … Continue reading
Out of a Clear Sky
May 23, 1945. There are two documents from Anna to Dad; one a V-mail and another three page typewritten letter. In the V-Mail she confirms receiving the first two V-mails that Dad sent since “he has landed on dry land.” She notes that “We are all very glad that you got there safely Anthony and … Continue reading
Nothing Like the Real Thing
May 15, 1945. Anna writes to her brothers, once again apologizing that it’s been some time since her last letter and stating that “Getting letters from me nowadays is like waiting for a good Sunday dinner. I am doing my best and I can’t guarantee how things will be after the new baby comes. Probably … Continue reading
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
I Am Sending You a Blessing
April 3, 1945. Mama writes a letter to Dad just prior to his deployment to Guam. I do not have the actual letter, but I have evidence of it in the form of a letter that Anna wrote to my mom in 1994. Being that my grandmother never learned to speak or write English, 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
Khaki is Suitable for any Season
March 1945 sees two letters to Dad from friends back home in Albany; one from Isabel Pawluc, the Secretary of St. Cecelia’s Choir, dated March 20 and another from Stanislaus Kosniski, the director of the choir dated March 30. The letters cover much of the same topics and can almost be read as one letter. … Continue reading