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Awaiting Transportation (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner Ba U.S.N. Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Fran. Cal. Nov. 1, 1943 Dear Mother, Happy birthday – I sure wish I could do better but can see nothing better...
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A Good Big Meal (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: 11-2-43 Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 133 USN Base Hosp. #4 F.P.O. San Fran Cal. Dear Mother, A short note again today. It’s hard to concentrate in a stage of moving and I’ll...
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Greetings (Roscoe)
[Editor’s note: Roscoe did not write on November 5, 1943, but he did send a ‘cable’ or telegram. This telegram has perplexed me for many months. Gladys wrote November 10th on it which was likely the...
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Settled Again (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133, F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 6, 1943 Dear Mother, Now that I’m settled again I should be able to write on schedule. At...
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Personal Means of Locomotion (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR Navy 133 USN Base Hosp. #4 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 8, 1943 Dear Mother, It seems it’s about as hard to think of things to write from here as...
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A Letter from Sis (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 9, 1943 Dear Mother, A letter from Sis came today informing me that your Mother had passed...
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A Room of One’s Own (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 10, 1943 Dear Mother, In talking with individuals here I find that mail is much slower in...
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Base Hospital #4 (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 11, 1943 Dear Mother, All the rainy weather of the past few days has been canceled by the...
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Home from the Show (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 12, 1943 Dear Mother, Just home from the show – The shows are all older here than...
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Second Hand News (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Fran. Cal. Nov. 13, 1943 Dear Mother, No mail again today but each day there seems to be a little and one of...
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News and Shorts (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 14, 1943 Dear Mother, Just to be different another Dr. and I went into town to see a show...
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Mail Call (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133, F.P.O. San Fran Calif. Nov. 15, 1943 Dear Mother, It’s fun to be a foreigner and see people in their native...
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Football Season (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 Nov. 17, 1943 Dear Mother, Your V-mail of Oct. 19, came today. It was a little old but I read it just the same. When an old...
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Lt. Palmer’s Flowers (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Nov. 18, 1943 Dear Mother, Yours of Nov. 4 (v-mail) came today. That really wasn’t so bad. In...
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Local Entertainment (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 Dec. 14, 1943 Dear Mother, It’s a little late again this time. Seems as if I didn’t have time to write during the day and then...
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U.S.S. LST 487 (Dr. Williams)
Letter transcription: F.M. Williams, Lt., MC, USNR U.S.S. LST 487 F.P.O. San Francisco, Calif. December 14, 1943 Dear Roscoe, I know you don’t care a lot for the V-Mail, but is seems to be the nearest...
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Keeps the Wolf Away (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Francisco Calif. Dec. 15, 1943 Dear Mother, Your V-mail of Nov. 4 came today and it made me feel rather badly...
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Downhill Stretch (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Fran C. Dec. 16, 1943 Dear Mother, There was no mail today but we just can’t expect mail every day and really it...
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My Belongings (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USNR USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 Dec. 17, 1943 Dear Mother, Just two bits of mail today. One a letter from Joe Roberts – Written Sept. 5 and mailed Oct. 4...
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A Weekend on Tulagi (Roscoe)
Letter transcription: Lieut. R.S. Yegerlehner USN Base Hosp. #4 Navy 133 F.P.O. San Fran. Cal. 12-18-43 Dear Mother, Just one week from Christmas and all my shopping done. You of course know that is a...
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