- GLC#
- GLC09689.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 June 1945
- Author/Creator
- Ratsch, Carl, fl. 1945-1969
- Title
- to "Helena"
- Place Written
- Okinawa, Japan
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
One letter written from Okinawa, Ryuku Islands, June 10, 1945, to "Helena," regarding arrving to camp to rest after a muddy trek. Describes malnourished condition of civilians that he and his troop found hiding in a cave and the aid the soldiers provided. Mentions a Corporal Mulhauser who sketched a profile of him that he would send soon and a point system that determines when men can be released from the Army. Signed by "Unk."
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