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Folder 4

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Letters, William F. Deacon to Norma Strong, November-December 1954

Folder 4

 File — Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence between Norma Strong and William F. Deacon before they were married and while he was serving in the Army in Germany.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: November-December 1954

Letter, November 7, 1954

Item 1

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Sent a 400 day clock to his sister and sister-in-law for Christmas.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: November 7, 1954

Letter, November 18, 1954

Item 2

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Guys in platoon planning Christmas party for German orphans, days getting shorter, not worried about eating too much turkey for Thanksgiving.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: November 18, 1954

Letter, November 25, 1954

Item 3

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Thanksgiving dinner pretty good, although cold due to the number of men to feed, enclosed menu, received package from her and thought her fruit cake was delicious - shared it with his buddies.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: November 25, 1954

Letter, December 1, 1954

Item 4

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Received 4 packaged from home containing candy, cookies, books and writing paper - couldn's have received anything better, Christmas music makes him homesick, looks forward to hearing from her.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: December 1, 1954

Letter, December 9, 1954

Item 5

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Planning to go on leave in February, off duty from December 23-January 2, put it for promotion to corporal.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: December 9, 1954

Letter, December 18, 1954

Item 6

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

Has been decorating for Christmas, made a nativity scene for the front lawn, built stand for Christmas tree, promotion didn't come this month, maybe next month.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: December 18, 1954

Letter, December 27, 1954

Item 7

 Item — Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

Christmas seemed like another Sunday, with lots of time off nothing to do except think about home; wonderful dinner (menu included), asked his sister-in-law to pick out a Christmas present for him to give Norma, soldiers delivered presents to orphans on Christmas.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: December 27, 1954