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More about babies and meat rationing (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Dec 4 – 1942 Dear Daddy – Yours posted Nov. 26 rec’d this morning – along with the Christmas greeting & picture card. I think your artist and poet are to be...
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Mark is upstairs in bed (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Dec 11 – 1942 Dear Daddy – Mark is upstairs in bed – He said he didn’t feel good when he came home – so I took his temperature and it was 100 – I gave him ½ a...
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Got a big box of goodies (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Dec. 16, 1942 Dear Mother, The mail so far today hasn’t been so bad for me. Got a big box of goodies from Ruth M. and the Newton Co. Enterprise dated Nov. 12. I don’t believe...
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My 6 cents worth (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Dec 22 1942 Dear Daddy – Rec’d 3 letters this morning. I wish I had sent you several small boxes for Christmas. Maybe you would have gotten one. I had a letter a few...
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Only one more shopping day (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Dec. 23, 1942 Dear Mother, Writing this time in the P.M. Seems as if there is a lull. Maybe I’ll save a little space to finish after the show tonight. Our mail this A.M. was nil –...
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Flashback – September 17, 1942 (Gladys)
1942 is winding down so I dug out my basket and big box of letters. It is time to start putting 1943 in order so I can start transcribing those letters. I was digging around for all the letters Gladys...
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The last letter in 1942 (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Dec 31 – 1942 Dear Daddy – The last letter in 1942. The boys wanted to know if they could stay up and see 1943 in but I told them I was in favor of getting as much...
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The first letter this year (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Jan 1 – 1943 Dear Daddy – The first letter this year. It is a cloudy, warm day. We haven’t done anything except eat breakfast and take care of David. He seems to have...
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Five months since we left Moffett Field (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Jan 8, 1943 Lt. (jg) Yegerlehner Receiving Station U.S. Naval Advanced Base c/o Fleet P.O. San Francicso Calif. Dear Mother, According to date it is now just five month since we...
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Two More Letters (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: 1/27/43 Dear Mother, Two more letters came from you today but they were back, Jan 1 and Jan 4. I suppose now there won’t be any more mail for days again – Even now the oldest...
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Camp life (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Mar 11, 1943 Lt. R. S. Yegerlehner A.P.O. 43 % P.M. San Fran. Dear Mother, I’m using the Lt. alone because I feel very certain that the (jg) can be dropped. That increases the pay...
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The Motherlode (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Mar 21, 1943 Lieut R. S. Yegerlehner MC USNR A.P.O. 43 % P.M. San Fran. Calif. Dear Mother, Mail came this A.M. and we spent much time reading and re-reading. 18 letters, 4 papers...
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Sunrise (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: May 12, 1943. Lieut RS Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Dear Mother, I’m a little disappointed about the mail situation because many of the fellows got mail...
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Rat Trap (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: May 13, 1943 Lietu R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran. Dear Mother, It seems as if my mail is what the little boy shot at. I have a feeling it’s the v-mail and...
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Piano Recital (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind June 11 – 1943 Dear Daddy – Rec’d yours of May 26 – the $32.⁶⁰ ck. came yesterday, but as yet the $100⁰⁰ is still en route. I am enclosing a program of the Piano...
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New Tent Mate (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut R. S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran Calif. June 15, 1943 Dear Mother, I did get a stamp for yesterday’s letter and was able to buy one dollars’ worth from a...
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Maybe Inspiration Will Come (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut R. S. Yegerlehner Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran Calif June 18, 1943 Dear Mother, This is one of those times when it seems there is nothing to write about but maybe inspiration...
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A Little Flavor to the Water (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: June 28, 1943 Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran Calif. Dear Mother All I got from that mail yesterday was a bunch of Medical supplies and the Newton Co. E....
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Everything Excepting David (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind July 2 1943 Dear Daddy – No letters today but had June 21 – 22 & 23 this week. Some are still enroute earlier than those but they will come – they always do. It...
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Independence Day 1943 (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: July 4, 1943 Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran Cal. Dear Mother, This being Sunday and a holiday no doubt we will spend the day with firecrackers and later a...
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