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Box 0395.01

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Contains 79 Results:

Page 47: [no date] (Drawing: sketch on U.S. Army Air Forces letterhead), 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 47
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Page 47: [no date] (sketch on U.S. Army Air Forces letterhead) “Now. this may hurt just a teensy-weensy bit, Mrs. Kemmer.” (doctor testing sharpness of axe with thumb by table with assorted knives, egg beater, syringe, prone woman. crane)

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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 48: 1943 December 29 (postcard) , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 48
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Page 48: 1943 December 29 (postcard) To Mrs.F.R. Kemmer 2307 Raleigh Lane Louisville, Ky. From Cpl. Kemmer 14th Base Hq & AB Sq Maxwell Field, Alabama [message (newspaper caption AND SNOW FELL ON ALABAMA] (postcard image of people around swimming pool titled: Enlisted Men’s Swimming Pool, Maxwell Field, Alabama)

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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 49: [no date Christmas card] , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 49
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Page 49: [no date Christmas card] (doubled folded Christmas card of Maxwell Field Post Chapel) CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from Maxwell Field. “Dear Folks. Am back in the 14th Base as I had expected; looks as though I will be able to get home the 22nd or 23rd. Will let you know more about that in a few days. Mother, get well in a hurry - Lots of love, 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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 50: 1943 December 16, 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 50
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Page 50: 1943 December 16. This Stationery furnished by Special Service Dept. Maxwell Field, Ala. (handwritten) Dear Mother and Dad: [relates he has been transferred to the 14th Base, again getting pass is iffy, sent 3 packages] Love, 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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 51: [no date Drawing] , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 51
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Page 51: [no date Drawing] [sketch of Joe holding Santa mask, Santa holding rifle over shoulder with duffle bag with bell, mantle with stockings]

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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 52: 1943 December 19 , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 52
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Page 52: 1943 December 19 The Sunny South. Dear Family: [relates their gifts arrived after a week delay at post office, hopes Mother is well enough to be home for Christmas, hopes he will be home for Christmas too but not so sure the pass will come through, if he can’t come home, he will open Xmas box on Christmas, has been very cold] Merry Christmas and Love to all. 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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 53: [no date] , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 53
Scope and Contents Page 53: [no date] Dear Mother: [relates about the mail situation and the Army, two other men have come into the outfit and one hasn’t had a furlough for 9 months so that pushes him out of a possibility of getting one, reflects on getting “back to normalcy” or the “good old days,” if or when he gets a furlough he will get her chewing gum, Hersheys and Rockwoods chocolate from the PX, don’t save ration points for him as he gets meat every day but would like spaghetti or waffles, remarks...
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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 54: 1943 Xmas , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 54
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Page 54: 1943 Xmas Day Time: 1325 Dear Family: [relates spending Christmas Day alone in the Publications Office with the cat that is trying to learn to use the typewriter, had a tremendous turkey dinner with an 8 page menu, heard President’s Christmas radio broadcast, expect Mother’s cream and sugar set arrived] Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Love, 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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 55: Monday 14th (January), 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 55
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Page 55: Monday 14th Base Hq & AB Sq Maxwell Field, Alabama Dear Mother and Dad: [relates he enjoyed the presents, has been transferred at last to the 14th but his name was omitted from the payroll, has K.P. tomorrow, Epitome finally arrived will send it on] “best of health to Mother”. Love, 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 3: Page 40 to 57

Page 56: Monday 14th (January) , 1943

 File — Box: 0395.01, Item: 56
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Page 56: Monday 14th (January) Base Hq & AB Sq Maxwell Field, Alabama Dear Bob: [thanks him for Time magazine, reports no news, Army routine is probably the most boring routine ever devised, he is still a clerk, if he can get a weekend off he would like to see him, says that “our niece will be a pretty and intelligent girl” 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 3: Page 40 to 57