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)

Envelope post dated December 18, 1940 Kenney RhoadesU.S.S. Colorado Box 14Long Beach, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & Family4011 North 30 StreetOmaha, Nebraska December 17 Dear Folks,Say, you folks sure must have a real snow back there.  I saw a wire photo in the paper here showing a car parked on 17 [S. 17th … Continue reading WW II Letters home, Dec 1940

No envelope.  Placed into timeline based on order in box, context, writing, and paper used.  Saturday 1:30 P.M. [probably November 30, 1940]  Dear Folks, kids & Pups Hi all, everyone feeling OK, I hope, how is the cold weather, or is it all over now. Got Dicks letter yesterday, one from Mom this morning maybe one … Continue reading WW II Letters home, Nov/Dec 1940

The first ship my grandfather served on during World War II was the USS Colorado BB-45. She was an older ship, having been in service from 1921 to 1947. He served aboard her from November 1940 until April 1942. Basic statistics from Wikipedia article, accessed 8 May 2018 Before he was assigned to her she … Continue reading USS Colorado in World War II

Letter post dated 26 November 1940Kenney RhoadesU.S.S. Colorado Box 14Bremerton Mr. & Mrs. K.W. Rhoades & Family4011 North 30th StrOmaha Nebr. Monday ]Nov 25?] 4 PM Dearest Folks, Well here I am with some news last Saturday A.M. I rated liberty and decided to look up Benney, went over to the Huges(?) which is now … Continue reading WW II Letters home, November 26, 1940