Soldiers
- World War II Era
- Edward J. Thomas
- Leonard Tomaszewski
- Kenneth R. MacDonald
- Vietnam War Era
- James A. Fortune
- Judith R.
- Rodney C. Morris

Edward J. Thomas - World War II

Dear Ed, Monday, Jun 21, 1943

We received your letter today. It was some sendoff for you in Alabama. “Are you certain you didn’t get drunk on all that beer foam? I had a tooth pulled so on aspirin. I’m eating strawberries. Mom and I picked 60 quarts and probably have another 60 quarts to go.

I went with mom and Harry to Ohio. We looked at Gladfelter’s place. It was beautiful and he had beautiful Platinums. He also had some Black-Crosss and Sable with their pretty silver flecks all over them .

Eddie, have you asked about a furlough yey? She’s also heard that Personnel Replacement Center means those suited for office work.

My pool has 6 goldfish and waterfalls. I am working six days a week. I hope the Army transfers you to a nice place.

Dear Eddie - Jun 22, 1943

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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.

Army Game Pamphlet

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.

Letters From A Soldier