Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

GLC09620.139

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GLC#
GLC09620.139-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 21, 1944
Author/Creator
Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Title
to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone
Place Written
Northern Mariana Islands
Pagination
2 p. : envelope Height: 27.4 cm, Width: 19.3 cm
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Transcript of document
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Addressed to "Dad + Bee." He finally has time to write as they just finished moving. He can't disclose the name of the island he is on, but it is rough living. They didn't have mosquito nets the first night and were "almost carried away." They're living in tents and eating rations and coconuts, which are everywhere. They go to bed around 5:30PM as it is "pitch black, and get up at 5AM as it's "broad day light already."

Still no mail and asks his parents to send around his new address as he won't have a chance to write them.

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