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    Letter Written by Patrick J. Fallon to the Bryant College Service Club Dated July 21, 1943

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    [Transcription begins]AIR CORPS TECHNICAL SCHOOLKEESLER FIELD, MISSISSIPPI July 21, 1943 Dear Friends: This is really a belated acknowledgement of your thoughtfulness and kindness. Please accept my thanks for the gift of cigarettes. Yours very trulyPatrick J. FallonSquadron 175, 57th T.G.Keesler Field, Miss

    Letter Written by Merrill C. Waters to the Bryant College Service Club Dated December 5, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] WAR DEPARTMENT COLUMBUS A. S. F. DEPOT COLUMBUS, OHIO PAYROLL OFFICER 5 December 1943 Bryant Service Club Providence, R. I. Dear Friends— Many thanks for your kind remembrance received today. It is always nice to hear from our friends back home and I’m sure all the boys appreciate what you are doing. Sincerely, Merrill C. Waters Captain, Q. M. C. Columbus Army Service Force Depot Columbus, Ohio [Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Timothy J. McCarthy to the Bryant College Service Club Dated July 17, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] July 17, 1943 Dear Chairman, Well, I finally am going to thank you for your last gift of cigarettes. I am sorry that I have delayed so long, but with moving stations and all that, it slipped my mind. Speaking of the cigarettes, they were swell and thanks a lot. They are one thing that really comes in useful in the army for you seem to smoke just as many as you can get your hands on. Since the last time I wrote you, I have moved from Reno to Fresno, Calif. and all I can say is “this California Sunshine”. It is really hot. The average temperature around here in the daytime is about 115. I imagine that it will not be bad when we get used to it, but getting used to it is not very easy. I was glad to receive the list of the boys from the class of 1941 who are in the service. Just reading over the names seemed to bring back memories of all the good times we had together. It also brought one bit of sad news when it mentioned Johnny Hulls’ death. He was really a great guy and a lot of fun. Well, I am running out of words now, so I am forced to sign off, but again, I want to thank you and all the members of the Bryant Service Club for the gift you have sent me and for all the gifts you have sent in the past. Sincerely, Timothy J. McCarthy 887th Sig. Co. Dep. Avn. ASC STC, BTC #8, Fairgrounds, Fresno, California [Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Eugene K. Schmidt to the Bryant College Service Club Dated August 2, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] CAMP HAAN * CALIFORNIA August 2, 1943 Dear B. S. C., A week ago I received your very interesting letter and enclosure of addresses. It is the first of that type I have received from you, and it was really swell. We are training a new group of men here, they have been here nearly a month now, and are learning fast. They come from Virginia, and believe me, you have never seen a group with so many guitar players. I am trying hard to write in the language I was taught, so if I slip up, please blame the music. The past three weeks have been very hot here, which is supposed to be unusual. In a few weeks we go to the desert for three weeks then back to Haan for more training. It will be my second trip, and from latest reports the temperature is 150° in the shade, but from experience I know there is no shade there. A week ago I saw a Liberator (B-24) crash and burn. It hit just two blocks from where we were, and besides burning gas and oil, the .50 ca. Mach. gun ammo was popping off in all directions. It was a terrible mess- especially to see them bring out one of the charred bodies. Glad our job is to shoot them down rather than fly them. Was sorry to hear Mrs. Doe [?] was so ill, and hope that by now she is well again. She was certainly a swell housemother. Am glad to see my classmates are doing so well in their branches of service, and hope they are all enjoying life. We have a lot of headaches here, as everywhere, but I wouldn’t want to return to civilian life for anything until the war is over. In case you didn’t receive my last letter thanking you for the cigarettes, I would like to do so now. I certainly appreciate them, and I know all the other fellows feel the same way. Note that you have a shortage of boys at school now, and can certainly understand why. Regardless of that I hope Bryant is still going strong, and hope the day of the greatest alumni at Bryant will soon be home. Congratulations to the Bryant Service Club for the sell work it is doing. Sincerely,Eugene Schmidt [Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Aaron A. French, Jr. to the Bryant College Service Club Dated April 4, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] Solomons, M. I. April 4, 1943 Dear Friends, It is with a feeling of pride that I acknowledge your remembrance of a gift of smokes received today. It was certainly a lift to show them and pass them around to my shipmates. They read the little card enclosed and thought it was pretty swell. Please accept my sincere thanks. My address is: Aaron French, Jr. SK—2/c Crew 4107—Brk. 13 U.S.N.—A.T.B. Solomons Branch Washington, D. C. Would also appreciate receiving the school paper. I am in the Amphibious Force and of the Class of 1928. Respectfully, Aaron French, Jr. [Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Timothy J. McCarthy to the Bryant College Service Club Dated January 3, 1943

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    [Transcription begins]409th Sub. DepotArmy Air FieldTonopah NevadaJanuary 3, 1943 Dear Chairman, Just a few lines to let you know that I received your Christmas gift in good condition and in plenty of time for Christmas. I want to thank you and all the members of Bryant College for the gift for I appreciated them very much. You know it is nice to receive and unexpected gift, for I had thought the Service Club had lost track of me with all the moving I have been doing lately. I have been moving around California and Nevada for the past few months but I hope I am permanently settled here for a little while at least. I imagine Bryant is just about the same except for the fact that there are very few men inrolled, now that Uncle Sam is taking just about everybody. the Air Corps claims they are short of administrative men so if some lucky G. I.s were sent to school there, I know they would have a swell time. Few of us will ever forget all the good times we had there, not to mention the education itself. You know, I would like to get one of those letters you have sent me in the past with some of the boys addresses. So if you have any printed in the future, I hope you will put my name on the mailing list. Well, I am afraid I will have to sign off now, for I have to get back to work now. However, before I do, again, let me thank you for the cigarettes. Sincerely,Timothy J. McCarthy[Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Lincoln C. Bateson to the Bryant College Service Club Dated July 6, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] July 6, 1943 Bryant College Service Club Bryant College Providence Rhode Island Dear Friends: I have received your letter of May 30th and gratefully acknowledge it. I also gratefully acknowledge the package which you sent me for Christmas. Somehow or other it got delayed, through no fault of yours as the address was correct. It was just one of those unexplainable foulings that we run into now-a-days. Outside of one or two pieces being squashed, they were in first class order and quite a few of the other boys enjoyed them as well as myself. Thanks again. Since entering the service in January 1941, I cannot say that I have seen any action as I have been always stationed in New England. From January to October, 1941, while in the Army, I was stationed at Camp Devens, Fort Adams, and Camp Edwards. Then a short civilian respite between the enactment of the “over 28 Act affecting Selective Service” and the Declaration of War; after which I joined the Navy, being a member of both the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps and the U. S. Navy for thirteen days due to overlapping joining the Navy in January 1942, I have fought the Battle of Boston Harbor for eighteen months, serving at the Charlestown Navy Yard and at present at the U. S. S. Fargo (9 decks and a cement bottom at 495 Summer Street). I have received notice of transfer twice but each time it has been cancelled. Enlisting as a Storekeeper 3rd Class, I have progressed through 2nd Class and am now Storekeeper 1st Class. Having been recommended for Lieutenant (j. g.) but which Washington turned down for some unknown reason. Last February I married a young lady (Miss Barbara Kelley of North Quincy) whom I met in Boston since entering the Navy so that my service on shore has not been without its advantages. I will close by saying I have hopes of not being a dry land sailor through all of this, as I would like to see some sea duty. Thanks again for everything and please keep me posted. Sincerely yours, Lincoln C. Bateson Lincoln Carr Bateson SK 1c, U. S. N. R. Navy Receiving Station Boston, Massachusetts Disbursing Office [Transcription ends

    V-Mail Written by William D. McCaughey, Jr. to the Bryant College Service Club Dated July 11, 1943

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    [Transcription begins] T/J Wm. McCoughey Hq. S.O.S. q.M. A.P.O. # 871, N.Y.C. 11 July 1943. Bryant College Service Club 1 Young Orchard Ave. Providence Rhode Island Dear Bryant Service Club: I received your very newsy letter just after returning from a most enjoyable eight day furlough which I spend in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Just a year ago this coming week I arrived here in England and I have enjoyed my stay very much, however, naturally I prefer being back in the states. In your letter you mentioned several boys who were giving there best for their country- one of whom was my buddy through Bryant- Joe Buerdsell – I have contacted his mother as well as a number of his intimate friends. For sometime I had hopes that he may have been picked up but now, I guess, he must be presumed lost. My work is quite interesting and have been extremely fortunate in being placed here when I look over some of the other fields where I could have been landed. Paper seems to be running short so must close – hoping to hear from you again. As ever Bill [Transcription ends

    Letter Written by Saidee R. Leach to her Son, Navy Ensign Douglas Leach, Dated August 25, 1943

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    Dear Douglas: Just for the fun of it I am trying out your New York address to see how long it takes for mail to reach you. I shall mail this letter about 12:30 today at the Post Office and will be interested to know how long it is before it reaches you..

    Letter Written by Saidee R. Leach to her Son, Navy Ensign Douglas Leach, Dated July 15, 1943

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    Dear Douglas: I am making a carbon of this letter and shall send one to Virginia Beach and one to Lewis Park as I hate to have a whole week pass without your receiving a letter from home..

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