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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
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
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
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
The last letter from Kenney in our collection was dated 22 October 1941. He had run into a little trouble with the law while at Bremerton, WA, but managed to resolve them himself. The next letter he sends isn’t until January 1942. Based on his letter-writing regimen, there should have been at least two letters; one in November … Continue reading U.S.S. Colorado and the attack on Pearl Harbor
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