Letters from Gina Valente to Brother Ralph Valente, September 1, 1944 - December 1, 1944

Containers:

19.0001 - Box 1, Folder 005

Scope and content:

This folder contains six v-mail and two letters, all of which were written by Gina. All six of the v-mail were from New York City, New York, while the first and second letters were from Camp Rucker, Alabama, and Macon, Georgia, respectively. By the time both of the letters were sent to Ralph's unit, he had already passed away from wounds sustained in France. In her letters, she mentions many activites at home: buying a pocketbook at Orchard Street with Sally, going to the dentist and the beauty parlor, playing at the Roosevelt Hotel, working on a country home in Nyack, experiencing the Cornwall-Massena earthquake, receiving a gift from Mrs. Frisch, attending school, watching "Going My Way" with Lil and Deanna on Tuesday, watching "Bathing Beauty" and "She's A Soldier Too" with Lil and Deanna on Wednesday, performing at Camp Rucker with the family for two days, performing alone at Birmingham, becoming attracted to Joey Fontaine, a fellow performer, eating at a "trainees only" restaurant in Napier Field, meeting back up with the family at Montevallo, and preparing to travel to Savannah.

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