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Box 0395.01

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Contains 79 Results:

Page 7: 1943 March 10 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 07
Scope and Contents Page 7: 1943 March 10 (Army letterhead): Dear Mother [tells her that all the innoculations are not so bad he has had no reaction, got job with “Take Off” because “Lehigh Review” one-time editor Howie Lewis is The Editor - he is nice, the job will be reporting for the time being, daily good chance of getting a non-com rating or O.C.S., has been reclassified a 1B - 75% of special service men are supposed to be 1B, had no time to see Ollie Woggard? or find out where he is, saw about 50 Lehigh...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 8: 1943 March 16 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 08
Scope and Contents Page 8: 1943 March 16 (U.S. Army Air Forces letterhead): Dear Mother [tells that his Squadron is restricted for being insubordinate to instructors and non-coms, his Flight being the worst in Miami Beach, the Flight is composed of New York City men and the Southerners hate N.Y.C.’s and have it in for them, General “Hap” Arnold and Under Sec’y of War Patterson inspected the other day, Artie Feldman dropped in and said that Morty will be down, now rooms with 3 Irishmen, a Jewish fellow, an...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 9: 1943 April 18 (postcard), 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 09
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Page 9: 1943 April 18 (postcard): Dear Mom: “No news from this real estate agent’s dream spot. Special Services is offering courses in conversational German, Spanish and also shorthand. Will try to attend some night if work permits me. Lots of Love” [sketch of palm tree, sun and sunburnt face (of Joe?)]

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 10: [no date] , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 10
Scope and Contents Page 10: [no date] Classification Office Tuesday (letter of three sheets) Dear Mother. [Ordeal of Basic Training ended, someone made a mistake and for a week Miami Beach was combed looking for him, fortunately his was found just before the payroll deadline, he is reporting for the BTC #9 “Take Off” which is the only daily service newspaper in the country - learning the ropes, outlines daily routine, asks to have his typewriter sent, mail mixup, his office is a table and chair overlooking...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 11: [no date note - half sheet] , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 11
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Page 11: [no date note - half sheet] “Things are pretty easy this afternoon. Hundreds of college men - Yale, Bowdoin, Maine, Conn,, MIT, Syracuse…. as a rule college men are not good news sources. Will send you a copy of the newspaper. “Editor and Publisher” says that it is the only professional job of the U.S. Post newspapers. There are about a dozen men on the staff. Lucky for me I made it…. Awfully cold during the past few days. A damp cold.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 12: 1943 Apr. 11 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 12
Scope and Contents Page 12: 1943 ?Apr. 11 [four sheets of paper] Dear Dad. [remarks about assignments as a reporter and the professional reporters he works with, tried to telephone Larchmont but no luck, lists the phone numbers in the lobby of the hotel where he stays, he ran into Max Schnitzler - one of the best non-objective painters in this country - a very sincere person and a soldier, also met a friend of Budd Schulberg (author of “What Makes Sammy Run”) named Steve Melgrim, spawn of the Bronx, a clever...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 13: 1943 April 22 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 13
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Page 13: 1943 April 22 [three sheets] Dear Mother and Gretchen. Camera and “Daily Times” came in good condition. [Explains about Classification given to each man who enters the Air Corps, he is considering ASTP but new regulations about that indicate that college graduates are not allowed to go to ASTP school, does not want to stay in Miami Beach for the duration, indicates interest in learning foreign languages…] So long, Joe

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 14: 1943 April 30 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 14
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Page 14: 1943 April 30 [typed two sheets] Dear Mother: “As you can see the typewriter arrived and in good condition.” [goes on to say that report is that all men 38 or over are being told to get out of Army...about 800 WAAc are coming to replace the IA men, met two correspondents he wanted to interview but they said no way as they don’t want people to know where they are….] Love, and hope you will be toasting my third monthly anniversary in the Army Jo-jo

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 15: [no date] Dear Dad, 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 15
Scope and Contents Page 15: [no date] Dear Dad: “You may be interested in this article on alumninum and IG Farben. After I tore is out of yesterday’s PM (which is, incidentally, probably the best-sell N.Y. paper down here) I noticed an article on the miners on the back. You may be interested in that, also. I will not comment on either. Thanks for your clippings, especially the one of the Life of John Keats, wut where is the article that appeared on the opposite page? A lot has been written of Keats, but...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19

Page 16: 1943 May 5 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 16
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Page 16: 1943 May 5 Wednesday “Dear Mother, I guess about the best Mother’s day present is a letter and here it is. The book came. Thank Gretchen for it. I really should write her directly some day, but appreciate her letters and her presents and you can realy [relay] that fact to her. How will it feel to become a Grandma? I think your still pretty young for that honor…. Keep the Lehigh shingle there….Love and kisses Jo-jo”

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters / Description and Inventory of the Kemmer Letters Binder / 1943 Part 1 - Page 1 to Page 19