Scope and Contents From the Collection: Approximately eighty letters, written from 1944 to 1945, received by George S. Hochberg, of East Orange, New Jersey, primarily during his officer training in the Marine Corps at Parris Island, South Carolina and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Before joining the Marine Corps, Hochberg was a student at Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. This collection includes letters from George Hochberg's parents, Rose and Benjamin Hochberg, in New Jersey and brother Jerry in the Pacific, as well as...

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Typed letter addressed to Hochberg at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From Hochberg’s mother in East Orange, New Jersey. Hochberg’s mother writes about finding birthday gifts for her granddaughter, Hochberg’s niece, and having to get her a war bond as one of her presents because there’s not much else to buy. She mentions a lack of time for social life after starting nursing.

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Addressed to Hochberg at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From Hochberg’s mother in East Orange, New Jersey. She writes, “There is nothing new here.”

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Typed letter addressed to Hochberg at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From Hochberg’s mother in East Orange, New Jersey. Hochberg’s mother writes about President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death and hearing from Hochberg’s brother Jerry stationed in the Pacific that he thinks it will be a long time before he is home.

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Addressed to Hochberg at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From Hochberg’s mother in East Orange, New Jersey. She mentions that only the beginning of the letter is typed because some friends stopped by and now it is too late to use the loud typewriter. She says she hopes this will be the last birthday Hochberg’s brother Jerry will be away from home.

Scope and Contents Addressed to Hochberg at Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina. From Private R.H. “Bob” Bolton in Parris Island, South Carolina. Written on Marine Corps stationery. Bolton talks about George’s recent misfortune of being moved down a company, but assures him there will soon be others in even worse companies. He describes feelings of depression that come with training, the mix of men in his legion, and how training changes your view of friendship. He mentions a mutual professor of his and...