01.07.1945 Letter
Dear Elizabeth; You’ve probably been wondering whether or not I’ve received the package which you sent. I got it just before Christmas and in good condition. So I want to […]
01.10.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Guess it’s pretty nearly time that I dropped you a line and let you know where I stand again but I hardly know what to begin […]
01.12.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; I know that I owe you a letter, but have been holding off just to see if the package you had sent would arrive. Said package […]
01.21.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Haven’t had any mail for several days now, but neither has anyone else. Won’t have any for a few days yet, and then there’ll probably be […]
02.05.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; By the time you receive this letter you probably will have received a letter which will answer most of the questions in your V-Mail of the […]
02.19.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Well, I can understand that you are having a real winter now. It should be swell for skiing with all that snow. But how about the […]
02.21.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; I thought I’d better answer your V-Mail of January 26 which I’ve had for quite some time now. From all indications up to the time I […]
02.25.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Well, I guess the best way to start this letter is to tell you that you can certainly anticipate my needs to a “T”. I had […]
03.13.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Guess I’ll have to call this a business letter. To start things off, I am going to ask you if you will do another favor for […]
03.25.1945 Letter
Dear Elizabeth; Well, I received your Easter Card with the letter. I intended to write a lot sooner, but I simply had nothing about which to write and consequently, just […]
04.01.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Well, I was a good boy this morning and went to Church, it being Easter Sunday. To give you some idea of what the surroundings were […]
04.04.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Yesterday I received three packages; two from you, with jam cookies and candy and the other with cheese spreads, etc, all in good condition. The one […]
04.17.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace: I thought I’d get off a few lines to you to let you know I’m still kicking. Lately we have been able to buy Coca Cola […]
04.18.1945 European Civil Affairs Division
HeadquartersEuropean Civil Affairs DivisionG-2 Section MWB/rfwAPO 65818 April 1945 Subject: Information concerning S/Sgt. Russell F WadsworthTO: Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, E.C.A.D. In compliance with your request for information concerning subject […]
04.30.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Happened to think that it is just about time that I dropped a few more lines to you. I was in a French home the other […]
05.01.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; A new location to write from and, consequently, a little something to write about. Had a good trip down here, and incidentally, drove a truck with […]
05.14.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; First England, then France and now Germany. Yes, I’ve arrived in the land of the “Super-race”, but they’re not so super right now. In fact, more […]
05.14.1945 Letter
Dear Elizabeth: Just imagine this set up. Living in a nice hotel room which I share with three other fellows. My particular bed has an inner spring mattress — at […]
05.17.1945 Letter
Dear Howard; Well, how many points have you. I’ve only 59 so I’ll sweat out the Army for some time. You know, in a week or so I’m going to […]
05.24.1945 IBM Letter
05.28.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Say, no hear from you for a long time now. What’s up? Anyway, do you notice anything different about this letter? No, they’re not censoring them […]
05.30.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; I just got through writing you the day before yesterday that I was wondering what happened to you. Yesterday, I received the package with the films […]
06.04.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Now that I’ve been in Germany a while, and you can tell just where I am, I thought maybe I could give you a little picture […]
06.08.1945 Letter
S/Sgt Russell F WadsworthASN 52288468G-2 Sec., Hq. E.C.A.D.APO 658, c/o PostmasterNew York, NY Here’s that picturesque little German town that I told you about in a previous letter. This view […]
06.08.1945 Letter
S/Sgt Russell F WadsworthASN 52288468G-2 Sec., Hq. E.C.A.D.APO 658, c/o PostmasterNew York, NY The girl spoke a little English where I bought this postcard. She looked at the card and […]
06.14.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; This morning things are kind of light around here so I thought I’d drop you a line and tell you a few more things while they […]
06.19.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; It’s rather quiet around here this afternoon, so I thought it would be a good time to drop you a line. It’s a beautiful clear, warm […]
06.25.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; It’s just before supper time so I though it would be a good time to drop you a few lines. What brought it up was just […]
06.25.1945 Letter
Dear Romayne; I wanted to let you know that I have received your letter and sure got quite a kick out of it, especially the part about naming that dog. […]
06.29.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Thought this afternoon would be a good time to drop you a few lines and let you know how things are around here. We now have […]
07.06.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; I received all the V-Mails you wrote to me dated June 24 at the same time, and of course was glad to hear from you once […]
07.30.1945 Letter
… So you see we’re still civilians at hear regardless of what you might read in newspapers magazines or other sources to the contrary. Something has happened to our mail […]
08.05.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Well, if you look at a map of France, you will find this place on the channel coast not far from Le Havre. It is here […]
08.07.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Thought I’d drop you a line from this little resort town located here on the northern coast of France, right on the channel. We’re all set […]
08.26.1945 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson; Now I’m back at my home station again and have to resume my writing activities again and I’m really behind as these are the first that […]
10.02.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; I have your letter of Sept 14, so I’m going to drop you a line tonight. First is the 71 points and according to the latest […]
10.07.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Well, guess what I’m doing tonight. It’s about 9PM and I’m listening to the World Series and what a game it is tonight. The Tigers have […]
10.28.1945 Letter
Dear Wilson and Helen; Here it is Sunday night and nothing special to do. I was out to a football game this afternoon as that seems to have been the […]
11.06.1945 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace; Just wanted to get these few lines off to you to let you know that I have begun the return trip. Consequently, don’t write any more […]
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Bad Homburg, Germany 1945
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The Autobahn between Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Germany. June 1945
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Russell Wadsworth (lower left)Next to Eisenhower’s carFrankfurt, GermanyI.G. Farber Building, headquarters 1945 Russell Wadsworth (left), Wendell Strom (right)Eisenhower’s staff carFrankfurt, GermanyUSFET Headquarters 1945
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Heildeberg, Germany 1945
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