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

USA Army; Co. A. 12th Bn
3rd Rgt. , S.P.R.D.
Greenville, PA

Dear Issy & Mac Friday, Jun 18, 1943

Bivouac ended June 10, Thursday night. I handed in my equipment the next day, such as haversacks, cartridge belts, bayonets, rifles. On June 12 we had a farewell party. The mess hall tables were arranged in long rows, with white sheets and filled with beer and trays of butterless tomatoes and baloney sandwiches. Officers gave speeches telling how great the troops were and all clapped with pride.

I like the new locale in PA though not as pretty. The food is tastier and more leisure time. I read some of my Reader’s Digests after cleaning my barracks.

Dear Eddie - Jun 21, 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