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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
02.21.1945 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 […]
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 […]
04.17.1945 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 […]
04.30.1945 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 […]
05.28.1945 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 […]
06.14.1945 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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