Post #243 - December 4, 1943 What Us Yankees Haven’t Taught the English Lassies About Jitterbugging is a Sin and a Shame

 

Post #242 - December 2, 1943 Here’s My Usual London Letter with Caricature by “LAZ”

 

Post #241 - November 30, 1943 You Must Have Felt Pretty Much as I Did When I Read of the Train Wreck Near Philly that Took So Many Lives

  

On September 6, 1943, the Congressional Limited derailed at the Frankford Junction curve as a result of loose equipment in the train’s undercarriage. This accident left seventy-nine killed and 118 injured. In 2015, an Amtrak train approaching the curve at over 100 mph crashed in the same spot. (Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries) 

London, November 7, 1943, Eyewitness account: Putney Dance Hall Bombing by Frank Wells

London, November 7, 1943, London Dance Hall Catastrophe photos.

Post #240 - November 29, 1943 This is the First Letter Your Dad has Ever Addressed to You

 

Post #239 - November 27, 1943 I Do Wish I Could Describe the Base Here

 

Post #238 - November 26, 1943 USO Show Titled “At Ease” with Hank Ladd as M.C.

There are no records on Google about this particular show, but I researched Hank Ladd.

Post #237 - November 25, 1943 A Dinner-Dance and Thanksgiving in England

 

A letter dated October 23, 1943, occurs previous to this one chronologically. It appears as Post #1 because when I began this project, I was anxious to show the quality of the writing in these letters and the detailed descriptions that are contained herein.