Ronald Morgan Letters Sent to Family, 1946

 
Containers:
01.0362 - Box 1, Folder 005
Scope and content:

The letters mention Morgan is promoted to Staff Sergeant. He describes unrest about the discharge system and rumors of Japanese resistance to American soldiers in Hokkaido. Letters also include daily news about Morgan's work and inquiries to his family. Morgan has another bout of Malaria. In June he serves as a special courier to the Eighth Army in Yokohama, and his driver hits and kills a man while transporting Morgan from Tokyo to Yokohama. He spends a day in Toyko and describes the city, specifically the Ernie Pyle Theater. He expects to return to the United States by early August.

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