Edward J. Thomas - World War II
Edward Thomas served in the U.S. Army from
March 3, 1943 until October 3, 1945
Table of Contents
Induction Mar 43
Edward Thomas Cover
Introduction
Way to Fort McClellan
Bingo
Fort McClellan
Mar 43-Jun 43
Fort McClellan Mar 20
Tetanus Shots
Fort McClellan Mar 30
Boot Camp
Stanley's Apr 4
Squad Formation
Ed's Bio
Ed's Apr 11
Army Meals
Mom letter Apr 30
Izzy mac letter Apr 30
Stanley letter 05//02/43
To Izzy & Mac 05/05/43
Ed's Camping May 9
2 letters to Ed 05/14/43
2 more letters 05/17/43
Letters May 19
Mom & Bowling
New Foods-Mother's Day
To Issy & Mac 05/23/43
Harry's 05/23/43 letter
Mom & Camera 05/27/43
Bivouac Begins
Batteries-06/02/43
Issy Mac Letter Jun 2
Bivouac - Jun 7
Victory Garden
Bivouac Ends
Camp Shenango, PA
06/14/43-07/09/43
Train to Pennsylvania
Letters from Harry 06/17
To to Issy & Mac 06/18
Dear Eddy-06/21/43
Dear Eddy-06/22/43
Cutting Sod
Secret Weapon
Safely Home
Was It A Dream
Watching Prisoners
Where Next For Ed
Movies - 07/07/43
To Mom-07/08/43
Alaska-Aleutians
Jul 43-Mar 44
Aleutians-Introduction
Train Ride to Seattle
Forgotten War
Somewhere in Alaska
Getting Settled
Issy's Bowling
Letters Arrive
Eating & Movies
Letter Sept 4
Letter Oct 3
No Word -10/17/43
To Izzy 10/26/43
Richard Barrigar
Early Christmas
Ed Answers Stanley
Thanksgiving Day 1943
Mom's Birthday
Williwaw-12/12/43
New Year-1944
Christmas & FDR
Eddie on a Boat
Weather, Pics & Weather
Leap Day 1944
Trip to an Aleutian Pub
First Anniversary in Army
Red Fox
Edward Leaves Aleutians
Back in the States
Shelby, Mississippi
Apr 44-Jun 44
Camp Shelby-04/26/44
Stanley Letter 04/30/44
Invasion Coming
D-Day
Eddy to Texas?
Eddie Going to Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Jun 44-Sep 45
Letter to Capt Ayres
Stanley Letter-07/02
Eddie's Letter-07/06
Eddie Goes to Opera
Modern Plumbing
Pictures-Eddie's Family
Severe Thunderstorm
Letter from Jerry
The Occult
Letter to Mom-09/22/44
Letter to Jerry
A day in Memphis
Surprise Gift From Mom
Eddie's Furlough
Back in Memphis
Harry writes to Eddie
Christmas Dinner 1944
New Year-1945
Letter to Eddie-Jan 1
Memphis Concert
Valentine's Day Card
Harry's 2/14/45 Letter
V-Mail
Letter to Mom-02/21/45
Concert - Feb. 27 1945
Letter to Ed-4Mar 45
Letter to Mom-15Mar 45
Eddie Sends Box Home
Letter from John
Letter From Richard
Eddie Injured-5Apr 45
Concert-Apr 7, 1945
FDR Dead Apr 12, 1945
Changing of the Guard
Jerry Writes-20Apr 1945
Racial Tension
Polar Bear Patch
Harry & Compressor
V-E Day - May 8, 1945
Dick Vasley in Germany
Good Conduct Medal
John writes-23May 45
Letter to Mom-11Jun 45
John in Washington DC
Stanley 17Jun 45-Calship
Army Discharge?
Gertie Gets Hershey Bars
Surprise Party for Sergeant
Edward Becomes a Sergeant
Harry May be Drafted -1Aug 45
Atomic Bomb-Hiroshima
V-J Day - August 15, 1945
Izzy in Indiana-2Sep 45
Harry Plans Eddies Return
Eddie Anxious to Leave
Close to Coming Home
Book Quote to Eddie
Eddie's Letter-21Sep 45
Another Book Price Quote
Gertie's Letter-29Sep 45
Honorable Discharge-Oct 3
The Story Continues
Edward Thomas served in the U.S. Army from
March 3, 1943 until October 3, 1945
Thanks WBRW TV ~ Washington, Michigan for interviewing me August 14, 2019. As mentioned in my video there are resources you can download, including this army pamphlet of games that soldiers could play.
Thanks WTXL Channel 27 ~ ABC Tallahassee, Florida for including my dad's cousin's Leonard Tomaszewski's D-Day account. If you want to hear more and read his story, start here: D-Day.
This website started as a living story of my uncle's service in World War II. I found some 200 plus letters in my late uncle's office he used to run his business after the war, and during his retirement. It was in 2008 that I asked my father (deceased last November 2011) if I could have the letters and look at. In the last eleven years I have painstakingly read, organized and put up this website, that I am proud of.