From Germany

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

08.26.1945 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 […]

WWII Photos

Bad Homburg, Germany 1945

WWII Photos

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