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Box 1

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Clare Farrar, Jr (U.S. Navy), 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id314448
Scope and Contents

He was a childhood friend of Margaret, who wrote while at Navy training school in Chicago and Great Lakes, Illinois.

Dates: 1943

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id314460
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Merl B. Jeffers (U.S. Army), 1943-1944

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id314450
Scope and Contents

He was a cousin of Margaret and gave her address to Lester Bassill and Charles E. Shepherd. He wrote while at Camp Swift, Texas, Shreveport, LA, and Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

Dates: 1943-1944

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id314462
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id314454
Scope and Contents He was a friend from home whose family moved away to North Carolina. He wrote from Salt Lake City, Utah, San Francisco, CA, Lincoln, Nebraska, Colorado Springs, CO, and Buckley Field, CO while in the U.S. Once deployed, he wrote from the Southwest Pacific, Dutch New Guinea, and Philippines. Margaret also corresponded with his parents, see Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Asbill. He maintained correspondence in the months following his deployment. Includes a copy of El Poncho dated January 10, 1945 as well...
Dates: 1943-1946

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id314458
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id314456
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army) , 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: id314466
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Walter V. Asbill (U.S. Army), 1943-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: id314464
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains over 300 letters, postcards, telegrams, and other correspondences during WWII to Margaret Applegate, a woman living in Indianapolis, Indiana. The authors were primarily employed in many branches of the American Armed Forces, including the Navy, the Army, and the Marine Corps, but also included families of these men and family friends. The correspondence was sent from the Southwest Pacific, England, Luxembourg, China, Burma, and other locations. Each letter has a...
Dates: 1943-1946

Lester Bassill (U.S. Army), 1943-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id314452
Scope and Contents

He was in the 387th Infantry Regiment and received Margaret's address from her cousin Merl B. Jeffers. He wrote from Camp Swift, Texas, Shreveport, LA, and Fort Leonard Wood, MO while in the U.S. Once deployed, wrote from England, Luxemburg, and Belgium. In his letters he inquired about his friends, Merl B. Jeffers and Charles E. Shepherd, with whom she also maintained correspondence.

Dates: 1943-1945