06.06.1942 Letter
6/6/42Dear Helen & Wilson:The weather up hear along the lake is very damp. When the sun does come out, its like being in the tropics. We can’t wear our summer […]
06.28.1942 Letter
June 28, 1942 Dear Helen and Wilson: Everything is going along smoothly. My trip back was uneventful and I have shaken off the cold you mentioned. My shots didn’t seem […]
07.05.1942 Letter
July 1942 36 hour pass, so I saw these Saturday. Plenty of swift water. Niagara Falls, NY
10.5.1942 Letter
Oct 1942 Just stopping here for a few hours and enjoying ocean breezes. Back today. Russell Atlantic City, New Jersey
10.18.1942 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: Don’t mind my writing a typewritten letter, do you? Well that’s what you’re going to get anyway. I went down to Atlantic City a couple of […]
11.17.1942 Letter
Dear Willard and Grace: I received both the neck piece and the soap powder. I am wearing the one and washed my undies tonight with the other. Thanks. Yes, I […]
11.29.1942 Letter
Moving again but waiting to start back. 1 full day of traveling to here. RussellFort Niagara, NY
1.18.1943 Letter
Hello,No timeRussellFort Niagara, NY
1.31.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: Guess it’s about time I utilized this writing paper to drop you a line. Right now I have a grandstand seat on a huge crap game. […]
03.28.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: Got your letter OK the other day. Smitty and I got back to camp OK the other day, and this time on time. So Bob wants […]
5.27.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson, Willard and Grace, et al: Where do you think I am writing this letter from. The hospital up here. And what have I got – the […]
07.02.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: Well, here it is July again and I’m still at the Fort. I do have a new address as you will note on the envelope. No […]
09.05.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: At least I’ve been working since I came back, but all of the guys I made friends with during the past year are moving out. Smitty […]
12.07.1943 Letter
Dear Helen and Wilson: Yes here I am, still alive, and apparently well except for one of those grippy colds which I have just about licked. I was chewing my […]
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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Russell WadsworthFort Niagara, NY 1213th Reception Center
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