Box 1
Container
Contains 30 Results:
Correspondence, 1945 February 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
A V-Mail. From Pete Podner[?] C.M. 3/c, U. S. S. Ricketts D. E. 254, c/o Fleet P.O. N.Y.C., to Miss Betty Burleigh, Glendale Road, Hampden, Mass."Hi “Lucky Strike”; to stay on friendly side, thought I’d better answer your letters.
I’m tops & so are all the rest of the gang; too bad we didn’t have that snow-ball duel when I was in Mass. Night life isn’t good for you; you saw what happened to Dude Xmas Eve; Dude sends you his deepest love; he’s got it pretty bad, and you are...
Dates:
1945 February 28
Photographs, 1942-1952 and undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Three small photographs were enclosed with Charles Burleigh’s letter dated 1943 October 9; these three have annotations indicating “Arab Woman of Better Type, July 1943”, “Arab Begger [sic], July 1943”, and “Charles A, Burleigh, Capt. A. C., Sept. 1943”. The remaining forty-nine photographs are of varying sizes and have either brief annotations or no annotations. Subjects are mainly military personnel and war zone sights. Names appear on only one photograph of “Corpsmen of...
Dates:
1942-1952 and undated
Artifacts, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
One is a good conduct medal with ribbon, in addition to three gold-colored metal disks. One disk is embossed with ‘U.S.’, and two have images of a triple-turreted castle, which is associated with U. S. Army engineers.
Dates:
undated
Series 1: Correspondence, 1939 April 17 - 1945 February 28
Series — Box: 1
Content Description
From the Collection:
Twenty-six letters written by four U. S. servicemen during World War II, plus fifty-two photographs and four artifacts. Charles Burleigh’s letters are short and chatty. He wrote about his work in general, with frequent references to being tired, but he never mentioned the B-17s or their missions. He commented on living conditions, the dearth of comforts, camels, Arabs, and the relatively better situation in Italy. He wrote about activities during breaks, including day trips...
Dates:
1939 April 17 - 1945 February 28
Series 2: Photographs, 1942-1952, and undated
Series — Box: 1
Content Description
From the Collection:
Twenty-six letters written by four U. S. servicemen during World War II, plus fifty-two photographs and four artifacts. Charles Burleigh’s letters are short and chatty. He wrote about his work in general, with frequent references to being tired, but he never mentioned the B-17s or their missions. He commented on living conditions, the dearth of comforts, camels, Arabs, and the relatively better situation in Italy. He wrote about activities during breaks, including day trips...
Dates:
1942-1952, and undated