Letters to Ruth (wife), June-December 1945
- Containers:
- 00.0651 - Box 1, Folder 003
- Scope and content:
Vaughan's correspondence is with his wife, Ruth. In these letters, he remains working as a dispatcher in the Philippine Islands but also in October is shipped to Japan as part of the American occupational force. Described in these letters is his day-to-day job as a dispatcher, him getting malaria, souvenir hunting, his encounter with a Japanese man who had studied in the U.S. before the war, and the end of his service overseas. Also included are three poems written to his wife; they depict his longing to be with her again and his hoping for the war to end soon.
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- Location of this collection:
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