Byrnes, Ben

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-02

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.24

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"...Today I have been scrubbing the bulkheads getting all dirt from them in the starboard troop lobby as we are having both personnel and ship's inspection by the captain and officers tomorrow. Back on 'mess cooking' well as I don't know, too much about the Navy I'd just as soon be on that as anything...." [Censored areas have been excised from page 1 and page 2 of the letter]

Dates: 1945-03-02

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-07

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.25

Scope and Contents "...I laid up in the sun this afternoon on a cot and got a little more tan. With the time that I have off, I spend most of it sleeping. Seems like I've sorta lost interest in writing letters. I suppose because there is nothing to write about, censorship being so strict and while on 'deck force' not much time to write...Today I suppose 'we live in deeds, not years'. Wars are horrible, destructive and heart-tearing, but it is written in the Bible and according to God's word...'There shall...

Dates: 1945-03-07

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-23

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.26

Scope and Contents "...The censors let down and so now I can tell you where I've been but I can't tell you where I am now, and some of the things I've seen but I can't mention dates...I may as well start at the beginninig--way back in New Orleans, LA. From OGU (out going unit) in Camp Peary, VA I was sent to the naval station ['Algeria'] Naval Repair Base across the muddy Mississippi River and three miles from the heart of the city, there I picked up this ship--LST 713. We shoved off from these and sailed on...

Dates: 1945-03-23

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1944-12-11

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.1

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"Season's Greetings. My love, Pete."

Dates: 1944-12-11

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1944-12-11

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.2

Scope and Contents

"Merry Christmas from...the blue Pacific."

Dates: 1944-12-11

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.27

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"2 Mar 1945. I now have some more V-mail stationery so from now on, for awhile at least, you can expect to receive them from me. That is I'll write you every chance I get, but goodness knows when you will receive them...."

Dates: 1945-03-21

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.27

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"3 Mar 1945. This morning I washed my tables off real good then cleaned and swabbed the starboard troop galley as captain's inspection of the ship was held at 9.30 AM...."

Dates: 1945-03-21

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

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Identifier: 2010.023.1.27

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"4 Mar 1945...I started reading a pocket size edition of Mrs. Miniver. It is entirely unlike the movie. In the movie a Nazi paratrooper lands in her garden and forces her into the house. The book doesn't hardly mention anything about the war...."

Dates: 1945-03-21

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-02

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-07

Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-23

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1944-12-11

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1944-12-11

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-21

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