Camp Shelby is located 12 miles from the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. It cost more than $22 million. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby … Continue reading
December 1941 is the only month I have not posted. Here are the links to the previous months of 1941. January 1941; February 1941; Aida and Lon, March 1941; The Village and the A&P, April 1941;May and June 1941; Clambake … Continue reading
This is the 1943 December 25th menu in Italy, for the Regimental Headquarters Company 7th Infantry.
January 1, 1944, Italy Arthur Austin, T/Sgt, 5th Army Headquarters, Italy, to Mary Briggs, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Dear Mary, Well, here it is New Year’s Day and I think it a good idea to catch up on my correspondence… Your … Continue reading
January 1935 Tuesday, January 1, eight inches of snow fell and drifted. Bill Meyers Jr. plowed. Anna took the mail over to Bill and Lottie Meyers. Erwin Avery delivered the milk with a tractor Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday, January 3, … Continue reading
I have been scanning the World War II Photo album of my father-in-law who served in New Guinea in a radar unit. I thought perhaps my Halfway Brook friends would appreciate this Irving Berlin program that was in the Album. … Continue reading
August 30, 1939, N.Y. Route 97 from Port Jervis to Hancock, was officially opened. Several events were held to mark the road’s opening, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Port Jervis featuring the mayors of Port Jervis and Hancock and a … Continue reading
Wednesday, January 24, when it was snowing and blowing most of the day, Ella started a Lucky Star tablecloth for Eleanor Bosch. Austin Smith and his son Dale visited the Leavenworths. Thursday it was 10 below zero in Eldred; and … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 2, Anna Leavenworth walked to the Islip Post Office and bank. She bought two bonds, one for her niece Charlee and one for herself. Then she went to a “brush party” with five others. Monday Anna worked on … Continue reading
