Letters from Janet C. Bryan to Parents, February 2, 1944-February 28, 1944

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14.0026 - Box 1, Folder 012

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This folder contains nine letters, two written on hotel stationary, two Western Union telegrams, and one postcard showing The Wishing Well at Beacon Tavern. The Group Commander has directly made life harder with a new rule that men on base must spend two weeks out of every month out in the field. The wives say that they feel like old widows being without their husbands for the long stretches of time. Janet writes her mother requesting her to purchase a variety of items that are unavailable in California. There is tentitive news that the 75th Battalion will be transferred to Fort Sill as school troops, confirmed days later. Though both Ray and Janet greatly dislike Oklahoma, Janet is relieved to know where she will be in July at the end of the pregnancy, where there will be a hospital and doctors available. On the train up to Fort Sill, Ray was chosen as Quartermaster. After arriving in Fort Sill, the two firing batteries of the 75th are to be sent to two different infantry outfits. Ray and Janet will be going to Mineral Wells, Texas. February 22 letter is written on hotel stationary from the Beacon Tavern, the letterhead distinguishes the hotel "Air Cooled."

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