WW 2 letters from the front

[DC/Id]

Three of my uncles were in the service during WW 2 and I have a lot of letters sent to my family during those years. I am posting one of my Uncle Jerry's letters that was written from a bomber base in England. He was with the 391 Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air corps.

What you might find interesting about theses letters is the way the War Dept. dealt with the high volume of mail in a fuel and space efficient manner. After the letters were written, they were sent to the censor to make sure no sensitive information was in them. They were then photocopied and reduced in size to fit in a very small and light weight envelope for the trip to the States. I have placed a quarter in the pictures to show the scale.

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Thanks for looking DC

 

[deathwind1]

The oldest thing I have in the house is from when my Grandmother came out to La Center (Covered Wagon) in 1868--Its A lamp---I sure wish my EXwife had never Hocked the old Gun My Grandfather bought in Frisco after he came around the Horn--Was made for Grizilys and a Quarter Rattled down the Barrel--Wt. 22.5 Lbs

 

[DC/Id]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[General Ray]

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[DC/Id]

He couldn't say in the letter where he was headed to, but said he would probably not make it back. He asked my dad to take care of his family for him and thanked him for being such a good brother-in-law. He did make it back after the war, and his destination in the letter was the invasion of Okinawa. The destroyer he was on was hit by kamikaze planes and almost sunk, with a lot of his fellow seaman killed. A lot of family history and war history is in these many letters, and I still have not read them all yet.

DC