HAPPY VETERANS DAY!  Remembering all my veteran ancestors; my father, my grandfather and all their father's fathers before them (we have a lot of veterans in our line).  Also to my cousin and husband - thank you for your service! Envelope post dated 4 February 1941 1 P.M. (Tuesday) Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & … Continue reading WW II Letters home, February 2, 1941

Sorry, folks. I seem to have done it again. I got a few letters out of order. There were two more letters between January 10 and 27. Envelope post dated January 17, 1941 Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & family4011 North 30 StreetOmaha, Nebraska Kenney RhoadesU.S.S. ColoradoLong Beach, CaliforniaBox 14 Thursday [January 16] Dear Folks, … Continue reading WW II Letters home, January 17 and 19, 1941

Envelope post dated January 10, 1941  World War II Timeline: January 10-24, 1941 Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & family4011 North 30 StOmaha, Nebraska Friday [January 10] Dear Folks, Well, here we are, back in Long Beach again.  We anchored yesterday evening. I got two letters from home today, one from mom and one from … Continue reading WW II Letters home, January 10 and January 27, 1941

Kenny's letters started to get a little longer than before. This one was two pages, written on both front and back sides of each page, covering the entire page. Envelope post dated January 4, 1941 Kenney RhoadesLong Beach Calif.Box 14 Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & family4011 North 30 StOmaha, Nebraska January 3 [1941] Dear … Continue reading WW II Letters home, January 3, 1941

Well, I placed a few letters out of order, so we are still in December 1940. And I started cleaning up his grammar as best as I could. I couldn't take it anymore and neither could auto-correct. 😖 Envelope has two post-dates. On the front, December 23, 1940, Long Beach, CA (airmail) and on the … Continue reading WW II Letters home, Dec 1940 (con’t)