Letters from Harold G. Blunk to Wife, June 1944-April 1945

Containers:

14.0004 - Box 1, Folder 002

Scope and content:

This folder contains more personal letters from Blunk to his wife detailing his life in England. He frequently complains about the inconsistency of mail deliveries and his homesickness. Blunk also constantly talks about his plans for the future when the war is done, including going back to work for his previous employer when he returns. Included with his letters are pictures taken of him while working as Sergeant Major Staff with Sgt. Wilfrid Fookes in the command section of the strategic air depot bomber repair base. One such picture attached to his January 4, 1945 letter includes a Sergeant Major Jack Lee, but the back of the photograph addresses him by the rank of Master Sergeant. In his February 1, 1945 letter Blunk also includes a poem he wrote dedicated to the feminine character of his wife. In his April 2, 1945 letter, he goes into detail about his furlough, where he stayed in a private residence with a couple whose son was serving in the RAF in Africa. He also mentions a friend named John B. who had to bail out of a plane and could possibly be in the Infantry. He assured his wife that he would not be in that kind of danger because had been disqualified due to his deafness. Which he comments on later in the letter when he mentions the men have to talk to him in "capital letters" and that he has to see the speaker so he can hear them.

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