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This folder contains letters Anderson sent to his parents while he was stationed in Australia and while serving aboard the USS Clifton in Leyte, Manila, and Kanoya, Japan. The letters briefly discuss Anderson's daily life but mostly ask after friends and family back home and discuss other letters he has received. The letters from Leyte, Manila, and Kanoya also briefly describe the area, local people, and weather including one typhoon.

This folder contains letters Anderson sent to his parents while he was stationed in New Guinea, and two letters were sent from Brisbane, Australia. The letters briefly discuss Anderson's daily life, including his service and local life, but mostly ask after friends and family back home and discuss other letters he has received.

Vaughan's corrspondence contains three letters as well as brief summaries of other letters to his parents. His letters depict life at Mississippi State College in an Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P), his relationship with his family including the baptism of his son, how he spent his time in the Philippines, and his departure to Japan. The summaries of other letters speak of these continuing themes but emphasize the time prior to his departure overseas (specifically at Mississippi State College, Camp Claiborne, and Camp Stoneman),

Folder includes Vaughan's correspondence with his wife about his deployment overseas, from Camp Stoneman in California to Luzon in the Philippine Islands. His letters depict his journey by boat to the Philippines and his work as a dispatcher, watching over pipelines that ship gas and oil to Air Corps bases. His describes his interactions with Filipinos, movies, souvenir hunting, and visiting Manila and the neighboring countryside.

Vaughan's correspondence is with his wife, Ruth. In these letters, he remains working as a dispatcher in the Philippine Islands but also in October is shipped to Japan as part of the American occupational force. Described in these letters is his day-to-day job as a dispatcher, him getting malaria, souvenir hunting, his encounter with a Japanese man who had studied in the U.S. before the war, and the end of his service overseas. Also included are three poems written to his wife; they depict his longing to be with her again and his hoping for the war to end soon.

Personal correspondence from Edward T. Burke Jr. to his wife, Cora Lee, continued.

This folder contains letters from Col. Spivey to his wife.

This folder contains handwritten letters, photocopied responses, and v-mail from Herbert to Betty.