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This folder contains letters from George at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

This folder contains letters from George in Northern Ireland and Camp Barkeley, Texas.

This folder contains letters from Gertrude and Sam Friedland to Sheldon F. Berlow which contained birthday cards.

This folder contains personal letters from Blunk to his wife, Ruby, as he begins his training. They primarily contain questions about his family's activities and wellbeing, as well as repeated proclamations of his love for her. In his first letters from December 1942, he details his arrival to Sheppard Field, Texas where he received mental and physical testing to determine his placement in a technical school of his choice. Shortly after, he is placed in the 5th Air Depot Group as an industrial engineer and is moved to camps in Atlantic City, New Jersey and then Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. In his January 15, 1943 letter, he is no longer stateside as he remarks that he is "somewhere in England" at that point. While in England, he frequently asks her to write to him and complains that the lack of mail makes him incredibly homesick. He asks for pictures of her and their children and in return sends home his 8th Air Force shoulder patch for safekeeping.

The first letter is to Ruth Durrance of Brewster, FL, and talks about the shopping and her life in Washington, D.C. While in India, she sent a letter to a man named John, likely a friend from home as she thanks him for passing on gossip and discusses conditions in India and around the world. The third letter is to Allen "A.C." Middleton who was living in San Francisco, CA, at the time. The fourth letter is to Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Mayhall and Esther Mayhall of Lakeland, FL. She talks about music, her family, and people they know. Her fifth letter is addressed to John; she discusses issues in getting a club for GIs and politics. The sixth letter is to Mrs. N.H. Booth and Mrs. R. Black of Brewster, FL; she thanks them for a Christmas gift and briefly discusses the war.

This folder contains letters to R.T. "Bob" Bowman, Hazel Bowman's brother. In her first letter she writes about a trip of hers. In the second letter, she chastises him from drinking too much and what it will do to her family. Her third letter thanks him for a gift he got her, and she says she is sorry he was denied from a position in the Navy because of his eyes.

This folder contains letters and v-mail sent to Hazel by her cousin H.J. "Harry" Glatfelter. Glatfelter worked in Washington, D.C., during the war. In one of his v-mail letters, he mentions the death of another of Hazel's cousins, Charles.

Letters from Ivor Powell, an American serving in the U.S. Navy, who writes about day to day life aboard the HMS Hannibal, and HMS Phoe while cruising to multiple locations including Malta, Algiers, Gibraltar, Bizerte (Tunisia), and Djidelli.

Letters from Ivor Powell, an American serving in the U.S. Navy who writes about day to day life aboard the HMS Byrsa while in Bari, Italy. A letter dated April 20, 1945, includes a description of a major explosion on another ship (The Charles Henderson) where he is injured by the shock waves from the blast from 300 yards away.