Box 4253.002

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of 111 letters from friends and family to Richard “Dick” Young of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The letters range from chatty notes from his parents (including the surprise announcement that he would have a new brother or sister in the spring of 1946) and grandparents to letters from his best friend, former girlfriends and many others.

Scope and Contents Five letters from Bill Aston to Martha Baird in Miami, Florida, all written on U.S. Naval Air Station stationery. He refers to her as "Citty." Discusses life in the barracks, getting into trade school, and food at the base. He moves bases on Friday, March 12, 1943. Envelope dated March 13 is forwarded and has a note on the back about ration coupons. Luxuries in "boot camp" included smoking and eating candy or gum. Discusses family affairs like insurance and the payments for a watch.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of eleven letters from Clifford J. (“Cliff”) Granos, Boston and England, to his wife, Ruth Granos, Chicago, Illinois.The dates of these letters are from 8 November 1943 to 26 December 1943. The first letter dated 8 November 1943, is written on Boston Young Men’s Christian Association, Huntington Avenue Branch, stationery, where he is at the time of this letter. Nine of the letters are written in England while he is in the hospital with pneumonia. He writes about his...