Tagged With: 331st Bomb Group
This is Quite the Place Now
May 28, 1945. We have a V-mail from Dad to his family back home in Albany. Also, in a departure from the usual, we have a letter that Dad wrote to his brother Stanley. A far as his note home, he mentions that he is “getting hot meals and they taste pretty good.” He also … Continue reading
I Have to Laugh Now
May 23, 1945. Dad is settling in at Northwest Field on Guam and has a chance to write a letter home to share a few of the details of his trip to the Pacific Theater. He notes that he is “fine and things are improving…by the day. I am now getting a suntan and getting … Continue reading
On Land in the Pacific Somewhere
May 13 and 14, 1945. Having finally arrived at his destination, Dad writes two V-Mails home. It looks like a letter from home dated April 10, 1945 was waiting for him and he received a letter from Stanley which he “read by the campfire”. He reports “I have my two feet on dry land” and … 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
The Little Trivialities
March 7 and 14, 1945: Dad writes two relatively short letters home from McCook, Nebraska where he is attached to the 331st Bomb Group. He is back on base after a quick furlough spent home in Albany, NY and is starting his preparations for the next stage of his service. As he is writing on … Continue reading
I’ll Be Here a Little While
February 10, 13 and 19, 1945. Dad writes a few short letters home and includes some postcards from his new address. The letter of the tenth is the first to indicate that he is with the 331st Bomb Group. He is settling into things at McCook Army Air Field. He writes that he is “a … Continue reading