Appreciation (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran. Cal. Oct. 21, 1943 Dear Mother, I wrote John & Mark each a letter last night – not much of a letter but I thought...
View ArticleWanting Sympathy (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran. Calif. Oct. 22 – 1943 Dear Mother, Your air mail written Sept. 27 came yesterday and as you might imagine there wasn’t much...
View ArticleLetter to Jim (Roscoe)
[Editor’s Note: This letter to Jim Foster was included in Roscoe’s letter to Gladys of October 22, 1943. It is unique to the collection because it is likely the only letter that Roscoe wrote to someone...
View ArticleThe Only Mail (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Oct. 23, 1943 Dear Mother, The only mail yesterday was the C.C. news and the Newton Co. E. The C.C. news was June...
View ArticleRommel’s Defeat (Roscoe)
#Navy Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran. Cal. Oct. 24, 1943 Dear Mother, Just finished writing the Folk. Reversed the order for a change. I thought that perhaps...
View ArticleMoving On (Roscoe)
[Editor’s note: If you have been picking up on some of the subtle clues the last few weeks, you may have realized that Roscoe was about to leave the Russell Islands. The biggest clue was not from...
View ArticleFarewell Party (Roscoe)
[Editor’s note: According to Roscoe’s travel log & military papers, he left the Russell Islands on October 26, 1943 at 14:00.] Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Mob. Hosp. #4 Navy...
View ArticleHeading South (Roscoe)
[Editor’s Note: Roscoe left the Russell Islands on 10/26/1943 at 1400. Two hours later, he arrived at U.S.N. Base “Bevy.” This was the Naval code designation for Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands....
View ArticleFlashback! (Roscoe)
[Editor’s note: I recently discovered a letter from June 1943 misfiled in the binder of October 1943. The postmark on the envelope was difficult to read so that might be why it was in the wrong place....
View ArticleGeorge Wingfield, Jr. (George)
Letter transcription: Dec. 28, 1943 Dear Mrs. Yegerlehner, It’s been over two months since my return and in the meantime Jake (that’s what we called your husband) has been transferred to the cooler...
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