Looking for Addresses for Some Back-Home Boys
A letter noteworthy mostly for the names of hometown pals that Babe drops. … More Looking for Addresses for Some Back-Home Boys
A letter noteworthy mostly for the names of hometown pals that Babe drops. … More Looking for Addresses for Some Back-Home Boys
The house Babe grew up in only had a bathtub–no shower. I know, because the only time I ever took a bath was when I visited my grandmother in the same house. … More ‘I Took My First Bath in a Bathtub Yesterday Since I Left Home’
Babe’s family had a grape arbor at the house on Lexington Avenue. I remember it well from visiting my grandmother in that house years after this. This letter, like many others, references that arbor. … More Your Mail Isn’t Censored, But Don’t Write Anything You Want
“We played checkers all morning but nobody said anything. We have to go back this afternoon and play some more.” … More July Fourth; Air Scouts for Brother Bob; Seeking Pictures from Home
Babe tests high enough to qualify to apply for officer’s training—but ultimately doesn’t get the chance to do so. … More Recruited as a Radio Operator as His Training Begins