Howard Robinson Letters, 1944 - 1945

File — Box: 4253.003, Folder: 005

Letter from Lieutenant Donald Balassa, North Africa, to Howard Robinson, Oberlin, Ohio, November 6, 1943

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of four letters to Professor Howard Robinson, Oberlin, Ohio, three of which are from Corporal Leonard L. Beal, North Africa and two are from First Lieutenant Donald (“Don”) Balassa, Corsica. The letter dated 6 November 1943, from First Lieutenant Donald (“Don”) Balassa mentions farming methods and vegetables. He also mentions he, “bumped into…an officer” in the British Army, “who was a communist.” The next letter from Donald (“Don”) Balassa is dated 22 April 1944. This letter mentions the deaths of two acquaintances that have been killed in the war that they knew from college literature and government classes. The letters from Corporal Leonard L. Beal, North Africa to Prof. Howard Robinson concern the war, international relations, the upcoming election, the black market, literature, his daily life, and communism.

Dates

1944 - 1945

Creator

Beal, Leonard L. (Person)

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