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This folder contains three handwritten letters in French from Elaine to Herbert.

This folder contains two handwritten letters in French from Herbert to Elaine.

This folder contains 58 letters and 1 postcard from Carrow to his wife.

Letters written from Belgium, Mondorf-les-Baines, Luxembourg and Gossenheim, Germany under censorship reveal few details except about accommodations and weather, but there are references to wounded and the Russian advance in the East. Currency situation in Luxembourg, French coins not accepted but German were. He is transferred to an evacuation hospital in Germany at the end of March. Reference to "colored troops who do the labor work" around the hospital." He expresses his attitude toward Germany and Germans and reports on the German attitude toward Americans. He mentions liberated female Polish and Russian concentration camp survivors and later work with starved Russian prisoners with typhus and tuberculosis and Russians poisoned in a camp. German letter dated 6 November 1944 that mentions the Volkssturm and lack of potatoes. He is transferred to a dispensary for German prisoners-of-war camp in former Stalag 13 D Langwasser, Germany. There is a "Declaration" regarding Jewish heritage in German. Describes infrastructure blown up by retreating Germans, bomb damage in Munich, bridge blown up at Ingelstadt.

This folder contains 65 letters and 2 postcards written to Carrow's wife.

Serving with the 624th Medical Battalion in Dijon, France, then Second Replacement Depot, Worms, Germany. Concert by soprano Grace Moore and tenor Nino Martin at Sportpalast, Berlin. Photo of Rochelson and Dr. Schmitz in Arlon, Belgium at time of Battle of Bastogne. Long description of his deployment from Camp Manhattan to Valognes, France. Trip to London to get equipment, description of bomb damage. Return to find Battle of the Bulge had begun, attached to the 182nd Medical Battalion. Medical situation during Battle of Bastogne. Wounded from 17th Airbone Division. Duty with the 65th Field Hospital, then recently liberated Wiltz, Luxembourg, then to Mondorf-les-Baines under the 436th Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Regiment. then to 104th Evacuation Hospital in Trier, Germany, then Mainz, Germany, after US crossing of Rhine. Transferred to 427th Medical Battalion at Bad/Neustadt/Saale and then Bamberg. Photo of convalescent hospital in Mondorf. Prices in Worms in June 1945. Jewish community at Worms and remnants of Jewish culture explained by US Army Chaplain Harold Saperstein. Transferred back to Paris, dispensary near Boi de Boulogne. Cabarets, opera, movies reviewed.

This folder contains 79 letters from Carrow to his wife.

This folder contains assorted letters addressed to and from  Hazel Bowman. Senders include Annie Jennings and Reggie. Receivers include Sergeant Tascoe R. Wilson, Elizabeth B, Ruth Dalton, and Bowman's parents. Also included are a series of Christmas cards from Red, Jeanne, and Shorty. 

This folder contains letters sent to Hazel Bowman by her mother while she was working for the Red Cross in India. Her mother mainly talks about everyday matters and gives updates on family and friends at home and away from town. Her letter from January 6, 1945, included a letter sent to her by Hazel's sister, Noisy, on her life. Another letter, also sent on January 6, 1945, she talks about the Chinese peasants and the poor, her worries about religion and hope placed in missionaries. She also discusses her belief that women are marrying service men and having their children in hopes that they can collect on government payment for the children and when their husband dies in war; this is related to her fears over Bob getting married. She also includes a letter sent to her father (Joseph M. Bowman), complimenting Bob's work in the Navy. On the letter sent on January 13, 1944, her mother included a letter from her sister (Elsie) a letter from Hazel's brother (Bob), which Mrs. Bowman wrote on as well, and a letter sent by Louise Gehan of the Alumnae Association a the Florida State College for Women. Her January 21, 1945, letter mentioned that she is forwarding multiple letters sent to her; she includes a letter from her nephew (George) who was stationed in Belgium, one from her niece (Eva) and a letter from her sister Elsie and two letters from her sister Alice. Her letter from Feb 3, 1945, included a letter sent to her by Edwin, a childhood friend of her children who was stationed overseas. The letter sent to her on February 12, 1945, included a letter from Mrs. Bowman's niece (Bobbe) on the report of her brother Jack being missing in action; she also sent a letter from her sister. Her March 7, 1945, letter included a letter from her nephew (George) who was now serving in Germany. Mrs. Bowman's March 7, 1945, letter includes talk about Germany's surrender and an attached note from a woman named Lottie. She forwarded a letter from March 24, 1945, from her nephew (George) who was in Germany. Her mother also included newspaper clippings in her letters including local news, cartoons, and news about the development of the atomic bomb.

This folder contains letters sent to Hazel Bowman by her mother while she was working for the Red Cross in India. Her mother mainly talks about everyday matters and gives updates on family and friends at home and away from town. In her April 2, 1945, letter, she sent a program from the Lakeland High School Orchestra's performance. With her April 4, 1945, letter, she included a letter from her sister Elsie, who expresses her surprise at Eunice (Noisy)'s engagement and her contact with the wives and mothers of the men in Jack's unit; those men were all officially dead or prisoners of war. Her letters on April 13 and April 14, 1945, talked about the death of FDR, and the sadness over it. Her April 28, 1945, letter mentions the release of prisoners in Munich. Her May 6, 1945, letter discusses people celebrating while waiting for the government to officially announce German surrender. Her May 15, 1945, letter included a letter sent to her by Edith Hanselman. Her May 22, 1945, letter included a letter from her sister, Elsie.