Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; Pacific Ocean; Prisoner of war; Air raid drills; Bear hunting--Alaska
Henry is on a ship to Guam to start a new job. His brother Jim gets to go home from the war. Gene Depedy was released from a prisoner of war camp. Frank got the coconut. He asks about Franks farming and a gun. Henry plans to go to Alaska after the...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; United States Navy in World War II. War in the Pacific; Peleliu Island (Palau); Indiana Army Ammunition Plant--Indiana--Charlestown; Farming
William is at Peleliu Island. He asks Frank about his farming and how the weather is effecting planting. He talks about the powder plant in Charlestown and wonders if the plant will be there when he gets back home so that he can work there. He...
Christmas presents; Families of military personnel; Money
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; Moanalua Camp--Hawaii; Job; Guam; Ohio River
Henry is in Hawaii and has changed jobs from a mechanic to a truck driver. He wants to get a job on a dredge in a canal in Guam or Saipan. This letter is part of a 37 letter collection written to Frank A. and Dorothy Smith between March and October...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; World War, 1939-1945--Europe--End; Indiana Army Ammunition Plant--Indiana--Charlestown
Henry says that the war is over and people are celebrating everywhere. He doesn't think he will be going home anytime soon. Henry is concerned for his mother. Henry is working on the "power plant Electra." Henry is thinking he might stop writing to...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War II, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; World War, 1939-1945--End
Henry is leaving the military and heading to California. He plans on staying on the west coast. He wants Frank to send his 45 pistol to a friend in California for him to pick up. He wants to have it for hunting. This letter is part of a 37 letter...
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Military discharges; Employment; Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); Homesickness
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
France--Social life and customs--1940-1950; Wages; Religion
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
Indiana--Pioneer life; Indiana--Soldiers and sailors--War of 1812; Pigeon Roost massacre, 1812;
Narrative history of Indiana from the French colonization to early statehood. Individual chapter topics include: schools, animals, Internal improvements, the underground railroad, and the mound builders.
Delaware County (Ind.)--Biography; Delaware County (Ind.)--History
Two volume history of Delaware County, Indiana. Volume I is an historical account of early settlement and the development of local government and social organizations within the county. Volume II contains biographical sketches of the residents.
Elkhart County (Indiana)--History;
Elkhart County(Indiana)--Biography
A standard history of Elkhart County, Indiana; an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational civic and social development.
Volume II contains biographical...
Warren County (Ind.)--History;
Warren County (Ind.)--Biography;
Benton County (Ind.)--History;
Benton County (Ind.)--Biography;
Jasper County (Ind.)--History;
Jasper County (Ind.)--Biography;
Newton County (Ind.)--History;
Newton County...
Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : historical and biographical.
Illustrated.
Huntington county (Ind.)--Biography; Huntington county (Ind.)--History
History of Huntington county, Indiana; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests.
Volume II consists of Biographical Sketches.
IndNonstandard MARC.
Illustrated.
