James J. McFarland Letters to Fiancee Joy McFarlane, July-August 1945
- Containers:
- 20.0009 - Box 1, Folder 002
- Scope and content:
This folder contains twenty-three letters written by McFarland to his fiancee Joy. McFarland describes his duties inspecting various U.S. Army medical facilities in Bavaria, and travels in Southern Germany. He writes from Memmingen and Hoag, Germany. In his July 5th letter, he describes visiting Berchtesgaden and Adolf Hitler's former residence at the Berghof in Obersalzberg. He mailed postcards of Bavaria to Joy in several letters. His July 17, 1945 letter describes his visit to Dachau Concentration Camp. In his August 10th letter, he describes an inspection and speech by General George S. Patton. In an August 13th letter written from Hoag, McFarland describes being assigned to hospitalize German women for treatment who were reported by U.S. military personnel who contracted venereal disease.
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