Tagged With: Easter
Nothing is Safe Anymore
March 17 & 20, 1944. Anna writes two letters to her brothers. Mama is finally getting her false teeth made, Easter is on its way, the upstairs renters are moving out, and Anna is facing the prospect that Eddie may be drafted as a result of new laws under consideration. Anna writes that “mama has … Continue reading
The Empty House
March 10 and 13, 1944: Anna writes two letters to Dad. One letter is to both brothers while the other is just to Dad. Anna has already received a few letters from Dad now that he is back in Topeka after his furlough. Things around home in Albany are settling down after Dad’s visit and … Continue reading
I Will Get Moved Around
May 4, 5 & 6, 1943. Two letters home from Dad written over three days while he is at Smoky Hill AA Base in Salina, Kansas. In the first of the two letters he thanks his family for the Easter greetings that they sent and reports that that his barracks bag has finally caught up … Continue reading
Stretching the Meat
May 1, 1943. A letter to Dad from Anna. This is the first letter from Anna where she takes Dad up on his advice of using carbon paper to send the same letter to both him and his brother Stanley. She notes that the idea is “pretty good” and that “I thought about it for … Continue reading
Easter Drama on the Home Front
April 27, 1943. Anna writes to Dad. In the letter we get additional information on Easter and some of the goings-on. Anna also mentions that Stanley is expecting a promotion. Anna comments, “I hope he gets it because he was always conscientious and worked hard for everything he got. I also hope you will be … Continue reading
My New Surroundings
April 27, 1943. Dad writes home. He is no longer in Salt Lake City, but is writing from Smoky Hill Army Air Base in Salina, Kansas. He reports, “I am getting along as well as I can with my new surroundings.” He left Salt Lake City after going to mass on Easter Sunday. “I offered … Continue reading
Following in My Footsteps
April 27, 1943. Stanley catches up on his writing to Dad. “So far I have received five letters from you, three from Illinois and the other two today both at the same time from Salt Lake City.” As to Salt Lake City, he comments, “Anything can happen when you are there. Have you had that … Continue reading
“Wesolego Alleluja” from the Home Front
April 24, 1943. Anna writes a letter to Dad opening with the traditional Polish Easter greeting “Wesolego Alleluja”. She notes that with Dad’s movement from Miami Beach to Savanna, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah, “You too are getting closer to home the other way around the world like Stanley. Now if you two could … Continue reading
Our New Easter Hymns
March 20, 1943. A letter to Dad from Stanislaus Kosinski. Every so often in the letters there is one from Mr. Kosinsnki, the director of the choir at St Cecelia’s in Albany. This is the choir that Dad and Stanley sang in. In some of Dad’s and Stanley’s letters, Mr. Kosinski is referred to as … Continue reading
An Easter Present for Theresa
March 14 & 15, 1943. Dad writes home. Before receiving Stanley’s letter with the news that his brother was shipped to Salt Lake City, Dad writes, “I hope that Stanley gets to an air base near Albany unless they intend sending him to officers training school.” He is also enclosing post cards “of the Mississippi … Continue reading