The story behind a 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion officer mentioned in many letters written by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse during 1943… Read More 1st Lieutenant John S. Jarvie: Jack in the Alice Griffin Letters
Excerpts of letters including ones about an Armistice Day ceremony, the departure of a good friend, a snowstorm in Africa, Thanksgiving, a song about paratroopers, and the unit’s departure from Tlemcen to a staging area near Oran… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part V (November & December 1943)
Excerpts of letters discussing (among other things) ration cuts, a visit to a rest camp, the tensions of a new C.O., an inadvertent double date, and a Halloween party… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part IV (September & October 1943)
Excerpts of letters by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in the summer of 1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part III (July & August 1943)
Excerpts of letters written by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in mid-1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part II (May & June 1943)
Excerpts from letters sent from Algeria to Boston by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in early 1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part I (March & April 1943)
Photos from various collections of 32nd Station Hospital members with personnel in need of identification… Read More Photographs of Unidentified Individuals
A project to digitally restore a 75-year old drawing from my grandfather’s scrapbook started me on a journey to learn about both the man who it depicted and the artist who drew it… Read More The World War II Cartoons of Don Sudlow
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