Operation Torch Soon after the events at Pearl Harbor and the U.S. official entry into the war, military leaders had settled on the primary strategy of defeating Axis efforts in Europe before focusing on the Pacific threat. https://youtu.be/_hFXXbgtIZw So in July 1942, while Kenney trained off Main's coast with his new shipmates aboard the recently … Continue reading WW II letters home – Operation Torch (November 1942)
Tag: Letters
On the Map – Kenney’s Travels in the East
I have not been remiss in posting letters home from Kenney. The truth is, I do not have letters to post until November. Kenney either forgot (because he was too busy) to write home, or the letters have been lost. This has been a series of posts that have been great for putting Kenney on … Continue reading On the Map – Kenney’s Travels in the East
Solo (May 1942): A WW II Letter Home Post
I’m going to put another spin on this 52 ancestors in 52 weeks thing again and integrate it into an existing theme in my blog. It’s WW II letters home time, and Kenney, who has been solo from the family, having grand adventures in the Pacific for over a year, now finds himself solo in … Continue reading Solo (May 1942): A WW II Letter Home Post
USS Massachusetts in World War II
There are no letters in April from Kenney. What we have are three telling telegrams. It seems that Kenney was on a train heading for Massachusetts. He telegraphed from Elko, Nevada, on 10 April 1942 (Friday) telling his father he would be passing through Omaha that Saturday on the Burlington Train at 10:20 P.M. and … Continue reading USS Massachusetts in World War II
WW II letters home, January 14, 1942
I have been remiss in posting Kenney's letters home. Last we heard from him, it was October 22, 1941, and he had just gotten himself into a pickle with the law. He proudly wrote to his father that he was able to resolve his kerfuffle on his own with a little help from his shipmates. … Continue reading WW II letters home, January 14, 1942
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