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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Small note ripped from larger piece of paper. Written to George Hochberg from his mother, saying that his father will arrive on Saturday afternoon.

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Letter from the Hochberg family doctor, Charles W. Wunder, of New York, New York, to George Hochberg. Composed by piecing together words and phrases cut from magazines, in the style of a ransom note. Dated as simply “Saturday.” Wunder makes recommendations for how to relieve typical military training ailments. He advises Ice-Mint to soothe calloused feet, getting plenty of rest, and eating cake.