Mazzoni Family Letters, December 1944

Containers:

19.0009 - Box 1, Folder 004

Scope and content:

This folder contains letters written by Vince Mazzoni and Leona Mazzoni to their sister Josephine Gaudio and letters by a few other family friends. Vincent wrote about his decision to gradually quit smoking. Leona writes to Josephine about depositing her money into a savings account. Father Thompson wrote to Joe. He said that he and Leona were stationed together for 15 months. He told Joe that everything was going well and Leona was doing well. Leona wrote to Joe about her trip through Palestine and the Holy Land. Leona described it as the "thrill of my life." Leona arrived in India and described the children she encountered. Vincent wrote to Joe about other letters he received. He mailed some Japanese money for Joe to see. He has other Japanese souvenirs to mail back home too. Vincent wrote about how lonely this Christmas will be for him. Leona described the effort to make India feel like home and to look like how Christmas would look at home. The majority of letters consisted of thanking for packages and seeing how everyone at home is doing.

Language:

English

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