Learning More About Tracking Army Post Office Movements
January 28, 2012
It seems I’ve found the source of APO information I have been looking for. … More Learning More About Tracking Army Post Office Movements
Category: Commentary
How Does a Mother’s Letter Get from Mount Kisco to North Africa?
January 26, 2012
I have been interested in how a letter from a mother in a small upstate New York village can find its way across the ocean and land on the lap of her son in a camp in North Africa or some other theater of war. … More How Does a Mother’s Letter Get from Mount Kisco to North Africa?
UPDATE: New Information on Babe’s Departure Point from the U.S.
January 16, 2012
Now I know I was wrong. Since posting an earlier blog update, I’ve gotten new information. … More UPDATE: New Information on Babe’s Departure Point from the U.S.
Piecing Together Babe’s Last Stops Before He Went to North Africa
January 13, 2012
In a letter from the War Department to my grandmother we learned that Babe left Camp Wheeler for training in Transfer, Pa. … More Piecing Together Babe’s Last Stops Before He Went to North Africa
Censorship and Protecting Military Information in Letters Home
January 5, 2012
Soldiers in the army were apparently trained about what they could and couldn’t say in their letters home. … More Censorship and Protecting Military Information in Letters Home
