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Lot 19 Fourteen letters mostly from Corporal Ward B Scripture of the 328th Infantry to his Mother in Mils, Maine from January 1918 to May 1919. He was stationed in France and England in 1919, talks about life there, trying to get home and his plans. read more Lot 18 One civil war letter written Captain George Roby of to Provost Marshal's Office in 1864 to Thomas Campbell of Cynthiana, Pike County talking about enrollment. read more Lot 17 Lot of world war one letters from Private Lewis Driscoll of the 1st Recuit Company. Talks of his fiancee Hazel, his sister, his aunts and uncles and other people in Dubuque. Lot contains many photographs of shipped served on and collegues served with. Later contains many censored letters of 72nd Artillary Company, an American Expeditary Force somewhere in France. read more Lot 16 One letter from 1870 from Husband George Tuttle in Paw Paw to his wife Addie E. Tuttle care of C.R.Cook in Marshall Michigan. Letter talks about local news and local people. read more Lot 15 Thirty-Eight letters from 1939 to 1943 between Herbie, Cleo(his soon to be wife) and his parents. Writting style improves considerable with time. Early letters are courtship letters between Herbie and Cleo expressing their love and effection for one another. Contains letters where Herbie got in trouble with police. Some early letters are dated but unposted. Apparently hidden in secret locations for their lover to find. They later marry and letters are mailed from Army locations. Letters are uncensored. Talks of Salt Peter "A substance intended to surpress emotions in soldiers" being put in food. Being issued 1917 rifles. Goes into great detail about life and expected behaviour. He meets famous generals and officers. read more Lot 14 Twelve V-mail letters from an American soldier Private First Class George Steany of the 1st service platoon stationed in London to his love interest Miss Judith Jones of Chicago from 1943 to 1945. Letters speak both of his longings to return to the USA and to marry her as well as his great appreciation for the beauty of the city of London. He speaks quite a lot about the different social events he attended and his relaxed, indulgent lifestyle in London after the announcement of the end of the war in Europe. read more Lot 13 Three letters to a girl Frances Hilker of New Freedom, Pennsylvania mailed 1943 and 1944. Two of which are from love interest PFC Charlie Dorrey stationed at an unknown location and the other a souvenier postcard from her brother Freddie in France. read more Lot 12 A single ww1 letter from Alf Smith of the Royal Engineers stationed in Peking and Hong Kong in 1914 to his Mother. Talks of various topics. read more Lot 11 Eight ww2 letters from Corporal Amos H. Ebers to his sister in St. Louis, Missouri during 1942 and 1943. At first he is stationed at Drew Field, Florida after which he is moved abroad. He doesn't say exactly where but mentions his "jungle" location. read more Lot 10 Fourteen V-Mail letters to Private Roy H.Stracke during 1943. He appears to be stationed for a time in Scotland and Arfica. These letters are from his mother (Mrs J.F.Stracke of Mulford Road, Columbus, Ohio) and various family friends mostly from the same town. read more |
Lot 9 Eighty Letters to Miss Madonna Joan Beer of Chicago, Illinois from Nov 1944. Most early letters are from a love interest Verne R. Brooks 36991754 of 101st Infantry stationed in Germany, Austria and Czechoslavakia, although by mid 1945 the vast majority of letters are from Verne's friend James P. Casey 46073231, who flys as a bomber. He is stationed at several locations arround the Pacific, particularly the island of Luam. He write quite alot from various cities in Japan in 1946. After he marries another girl he met, his letters become less frequent. read more Lot 8 A letter dated 22nd January 1945 from an unknown soldier "Tom" to his mother and father. Letter is mostly family and Christmas related, but contains seven beautiful photos of life as a soldier at an apparent tropical location. read more Lot 7 Ten letter lot addressed to Miss Annie Fizer of West Virginia, one each from PFC John Gnietzer and Corporal C. Hapas and rest from PFC Albert Lee Costello, a machine gunist stationed in the Pacific. These form a series of love letters which gradually become more affectionate during 1943. An extrem pornographic short story is attached to a letter in early 1944, which becomes a topic of later correspondence. Lot 6 A lot of three letters documenting a search of Howard W. Martin trying to track down lost collegues. Letters from 1943 to 1948. Not of interest, unless you know the soldiers in questions. M.H.Watkins of the Personnel Records Service, Office of Air Adjustant General, S/Sgt Harold C Mayhood 13144998 of 1st A.A.F. B.Y. Boling Field, Washington D.C. and PFC Ambrose C McCully of Victory Field Vieman, Texas read more Lot 5 A lot of 42 letters from American soldier Phillip T White 31482518 to his young daughter and wife in Groton, Vermot. Letters tell the story of his training in early 1945 at Camp Gordan in Massachusetts, his disperate attempts to get home to see his wife go into labour and his work in Viernheim, Hiedelberg and Mannheim, Germany. Very little military information is mentioned in these letters, but filled with emoition and love for his family at home. read more Lot 4 Sixty letters mostly to Miss Margie Krumpleman of Kentucky, a young woman of 18-20 from various cousins and brothers fighting in World War II predominately posted from early 1943 to late 1945. Some are stationed arround the USA, guarding P.O.W camp, Los Alamos (site of the 1st nuclear explosion) and others brothers and cousins are stationed abroad and see alot of action. Lot includes letters from China, England. France, Belgium and Germany. Letters from brother a soldier with the first American regiment into Paris. read more Lot 3 One 3 page letter from a father in the 1383-16th Army in August 1918 to his son Russel also a soldier. Mentions many members of the family also in different regiments of the army. read more Lot 2 A letter from S(Sean or Sam).B. Adams of USA army Section 60/510 pai B.C.M from a dugout near Paris in Febrary 1918 to his Aunty Everett P. Hops Woburn living in Woburn, Massachusetts. read more Lot 1 Five envelopes with two letters from September 1942 to September 1943 from Engish soldier Bill Appleyard of the Middlesex Yeomanry, Att. 104th stationed in the North Arfican desert to his Mother living in Liverpool England. read more |