1944 Letters

03.20.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: I am enclosing a letter to give to Mom. Thought I just as well might enclose it with yours. Things are not going so bad right […]

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04.01.1944 Letter

New York City, NY Dear Helen and Wilson: Well, I’ve finally been drafted. Yes, that’s the feeling I get now after being at Niagara so long. There’s quite a bit […]

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04.15.1944 Motor Vehicle Permit (Overseas)

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04.20.1944 Letter

Dear Willard, Grace and all: This will let you know that I have arrived here safe and well. The trip was interesting, but uneventful. I have seen a little of […]

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04.28.1944 Letter

Dear Wilson, Helen and all: This letter has my latest address. I’m feeling fine and being fed better than I ever expected I would be fed over here. The eats […]

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05.07.1944 Letter

Note: In this letter, Russell discovers that his next oldest brother (Howard, who is 10 years older than Russell) has been drafted into the war. Russell is not happy that […]

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05.18.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson and all, I’m starting one of those letters in which I can’t think of very much to write about. I feel as well as ever, and […]

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05.20.1944 Letter

Dear Howard: I got a letter from Mildred and Ralph this morning and your address was included in it. So here goes. As you already know, I am over here […]

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05.27.1944 Letter

I’ll send you an Air Mail letter with my account number over my signature, and you can deposit it at Endicott Trust Co. I saw a funny incident down town […]

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06.05.1944 Letter

(the day before the invasion of Normandy – written from Winchester Cathedral) Dear Willard, Grace and all; I answered a letter I received from you around a week ago. This […]

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06.14.1944 Letter

Dear Elizabeth: Well how are you and Grant doing? I suppose Mildred’s keeping you up on the latest dope about myself. I had a letter from Howard quite some time […]

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06.19.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: Thanks for the razor blades. I’ve got a pretty good supply now. Don’t suppose you have received my mail that I wrote prior to D-Day, but […]

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06.28.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: Just a few lines for this time as I noticed a couple of clippings in the paper and am enclosing them. Apparently some of my mail […]

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07.04.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; I’m C Q this noon so thought I’d take time out and drop you a short one. Don’t believe that I have written you since I […]

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07.06.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson: I received a package from you this morning in good condition. You’ve certainly covered my needs for the present. I never expected to get Gillette Blue […]

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07.18.1944 Letter

Dear Howard: Well, since I last wrote to you, I’ve had a considerable change in my way of living in that I have since been billeted in a couple of […]

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07.23.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d take a break and drop you a line as I believe I’m probably a little behind in writing to you. I’ve been pretty busy […]

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International Business Machines Corporation590 Madison AvenueNew York 22, NY Office of the President Corp. Russell F WadsworthG-2 European Civil Affairs Div.APO 658, c/o PostmasterNew York, NY Dear Corporal Wadsworth: I […]

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07.27.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Have received your letter of the 25th OK and was certainly surprised to know that you have not received any mail from me dated after May […]

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07.28.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: Just received your letters in the mail this afternoon and since I just wrote to you yesterday or the day before, thought I’d clear up some […]

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08.08.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Received your letter of the 25th today and therefore answering it right off the bat while I have a spare moment today. Just take a note […]

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08.13.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson; I have two of your letters in front of me now and am trying to figure out whether there is some question I haven’t answered. Incidentally […]

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08.27.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson and Bob: Well, I hardly know just how to start this letter as it was just a few days ago that I received word of Richard’s […]

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08.30.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d take advantage of this little lull and bat out a letter to you as I think I’m a little behind. Yes, I was sorry […]

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09.26.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson; Well you can see now that I’m in another country. And so far it has been quite an experience. Have certainly seen fresh results of war. […]

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09.26.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; This is the first chance that I have had to bat out a letter to you since I got over here. You can see now that […]

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10.04.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; I have received the pictures — about 5 or 6 different letters. Don’t send any more though, because I should have liked to have had them […]

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10.04.1944 Letter

Dear Elizabeth; Well, what do you think of where I am now. It sure was some experience coming here though. I saw a lot of stuff. If I could write […]

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10.24.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d better get this letter out to you while I think about it. It’s to let you know that reverse lease-lend is at work. Yes […]

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10.24.1944 Letter

#2Dear Willard and Grace; Now that I have told you what to do with the package, I’ll give some of the latest dope. Am not in the same place where […]

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10.29.1944 Letter

Dear Howard; Now after you read this letter, why don’t you sit down and drop me a line and let me know just what the hell you are doing. The […]

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11.03.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: I now have your V-Mails of 5 and 21 Oct and needless to say I was glad to receive both. One I received yesterday, and the […]

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11.09.1944 Letter

Dear Helen and Wilson; What a country this is. All people are strangers. You can’t speak with them, nor they with you. About all you can do is gesticulate. At […]

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11.28.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; Have your V-Mail letter of the 11th. You apparently haven’t received the package I sent to you nor the letter explaining how the contents should be […]

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12.13.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace; I received your 2 V-Mail letters of the 28th of November, and they were the fastest mail that I have received from the states in some […]

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12.14.1944 Letter

Dear Romayne; It seems to me that I got a letter from you a long time ago and never answered it. So I thought I’d drop you this line today. […]

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12.21.1944 Letter

Dear Willard and Grace: Just thought I’d drop you a line and tell you that yesterday I received the first copy of the Saturday Evening Post. The date of the […]

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WWII Photos

Russell Wadsworth (left)Judd Lewis (right)Camped near the Chateau, Southwest of Paris

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WWII Photos

(left to right)Bob Barker, Russell Wadsworth, Judd LewisHeadquarters ECAD (European Civil Affairs Division)Troyes, France 1944