Box 3688.002

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Letters written to Captain Robert C. Irwin, stationed in New York in 1945, by his wife. Each letter begins "Darling, I love you." and is signed "Honey".

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Letters written by Pvt. Paul Johnson to his girlfriend, Helen Cramer in Akron, Ohio.

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Letters written by Edna Olson to her husband, William K. Olson, Bkr 2/c (Baker, 2nd class) in the Navy based in California.

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One V-Mail letter written to 2nd Lt. Sarah L. Patillo, A.W.C., by William W. Simpson of Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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Letters written to Staff Sgt. Jack K. Sides by various people. There are also many newspaper clippings from Meridian, Mississippi.

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Two letters from Sgt. James E. Stewart to his aunt and uncle, Olga and Fred Sexson of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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This collection contains letters to and from service men and women during World War II.

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Mack served aboard the U. S. S. Dent #116 during the early part of World War II when the Dent served primarily as a convoy escort along the West Coast.

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Monk lived in New York City during World War II and wrote to her boyfriend in an unmentioned branch of the military. She wrote thanking him for a bracelet and asking him for his ring size. One of the letters has a snapshot of an African American soldier sitting on the steps of a house; this is presumably the boyfriend to whom Mock is writing.

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Phil was writing to his sweetheart in November of 1943, telling her how much he misses her. He does not come out and say that he is in the military but several statements definitely implies it. He says, "You had better save some of that vim and vitality, you might need it when I come back" and "Don't worry about me though, I have to keep on fighting because now I have something worth fighting for."

Scope and Contents There are three letters addressed to Margaret. The earliest one was written in 1942 and is from a friend Isabelle Burke. In it, Isabelle bemoans the fact that she is so busy she hasn't been able to "study harmony or practice the piano or keep up with my correspondence." She asks Margaret what she has been doing musically and promises to start a schedule of practicing two hours a day.The other two letters are from Mama Emmie written in Summerville, South Carolina, in the late...