World War, 1939-1945.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-07
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Identifier: 2010.023.1.25
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"...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
Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-03-23
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Identifier: 2010.023.1.26
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"...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
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
V-mail from "Pete" to his mother, 1944-12-11
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Identifier: 2010.023.1.2
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"Merry Christmas from...the blue Pacific."
Dates:
1944-12-11
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
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
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