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Mail Call: Letters from the Archives
Personal correspondence offers an intimate glimpse of a world at war.
Personal correspondence offers an intimate glimpse of a world at war.
“While some high school letters are worn on sweaters, your letters are next to our hearts.”
“Am Safe, A Prisoner of War in Germany; do not worry.”
A look into the prolific and meaningful correspondence between Bob Hope and his fans.
In 1944 and 1945, postal worker turned soldier, Wendell Wiley Wolfenbarger, wrote his wife Ruby and children frequent letters. Sometimes they were postcards, sometimes V-mails, and others were written "sitting on a box by a wood fire, outside of course, writing on my knee."