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The mail was better today (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Dec. 13, 1942 Dear Mother, The mail was better today. Got two letters dated Nov. 25 from you, and one dated Oct. 14 from you – a package from Boonie – (a box of candy) a letter...
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Packages – a goodly number (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Dec. 15, 1942 Dear Mother, Up until the present I’ve received (today) one letter from Bart, the Clay City News and a Chicago Sun from Boonie. All of course were appreciated. The...
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About 150 days (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Dec. 17, 1942 Dear Mother, Not much change in temperature or anything else. Had a few slight sprinkles and a better breeze than ordinary. Got one letter this A.M. from Lentz was...
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Flashback – September 17, 1942 (Gladys)
1942 is winding down so I dug out my basket and big box of letters. It is time to start putting 1943 in order so I can start transcribing those letters. I was digging around for all the letters Gladys...
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In case you missed some of my previous letters (Gladys)
Letter transcription: Kentland Ind Jan 13 – 1943 Dear Daddy – No letters today but probably some tomorrow. There wasn’t much mail except some adv. & my O.E. S. dues notice. In case you have missed...
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Two More Letters (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: 1/27/43 Dear Mother, Two more letters came from you today but they were back, Jan 1 and Jan 4. I suppose now there won’t be any more mail for days again – Even now the oldest...
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I’m not scolding (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: 1/31/43 Dear Mother, I’ve re-read and I believe most of the things are answered so maybe just some comments here and there. In the first place instead of getting only your letter...
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The Garden (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND INDIANA 4-7-43 Dear Daddy – No letters today but had 3 yesterday & John & Mark each rec’d one with the souvieners. They will thank you. It...
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A Grand Spring Day (Gladys)
Letter transcription: MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER KENTLAND INDIANA 4-8-43 Dear Daddy – No letter today but had three Tues. It is such a grand spring day – just the kind for poets to write about. I think we...
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Fingers crossed (Roscoe)
[Editor's note: This is the first and probably only letter in the entire collection written by Roscoe that will actually be published on the date it was written, exactly 71 years ago today.] Letter...
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