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Letters from Walter Stranger, an American serving in the U.S. Navy. Stranger writes about day to day life on base and locations such as the Russell and Solomon Islands.

Letters from Walter Stranger, an American serving in the U.S. Navy. Stranger writes about day to day life on base and locations such as the Russell and Solomon Islands. In these letters, Stranger mentions the Russia Declaration of War against Japan and the Atomic bombs.

This folder contains letters from William Clayton Greene to his "Aunt Belle." The letters include thanks for the mail, comments on sending money to her and mentions of his time spent with two Catholic nuns. He also mentions he is sending her a gift. He also writes a whole letter devoted to "letting off steam" about his worries that Eisenhower and the rest of his fellow Americans will ruin their dealings with post-war Germany. He worried they were being too soft on the Germans.

This folder contains letters from William Clayton Greene to his mother. The letters contain appreciation for cigarettes and other supplies mailed to him, updates on his adventures in Belgium such as visiting the villages and an anecdote about two young boys killed by stray mines. He also discusses German citizens that insisted they were not Nazis in the wake of his arrival into Germany. He mentions the German citizens greet the Americans with a mixed reactions. Some have hatred clearly on their faces while others open their arms in welcome. He also mentions friends of his capturing two "krauts" on a scouting mission because the Germans P-38 pistols both had broken firing pins.

This folder contains letters from William Clayton Greene to "Jack and Belle." The letters include information about his time in Belgium, learning French, a brief relationship with a girl named Marcelle, acquiring a taste for Cognac, as well as updates on other friends in the service. He also mentions that it was unpleasent writing to Jack because he knows that they are having similar experiences, and how he is frustrated with the psychic and fatalistic attitudes of some of his fellow servicemen. He mentions that his unit had a selfish delight in chopping up expensive German furniture to burn for warmth. He ends his letter updating Jack on his experiences with two Catholic nuns in Belgium as well as eating dinner with a German speaking Belgian family he describes as an "unbelievable brood of adults and kids."

This folder contains letters from William Clayton Greene to Norma Belle. The letters contain anecdotes about using their helmets as toilets. He also identifies the town in Belgium he often visited, Mozhet, and thanks for shipments of cigarettes. He mentions having a bath at a field showerhouse run by "negro quartermasters." He also mentions getting a keg of beer and other supplies for which he was thankful. In a later letter he mentions GI's receiving stiff sentences from court martials relating to fraternization. His letters conclude with grumbles about payday coming in German Marks, but that he was going to hoard them in case he gets a "Paris Pass" due to inflation rates.