Tag: WWII

March 2, 1942

March 2, 1942

Dear Virginia, It seems ages since I last heard from you. Your Valentine was very sweet, and I enjoyed it very much. I wish I could come up to see you. I will some of these week ends, wait and see. How is everything in Read more

February 3, 1942

February 3, 1942

Dear Virginia, I received your letter to-day, and was certainly glad to hear from you. I sure miss you a lot. There isn’t much change around here, everything seems to be the same. I haven’t been out much, except last Saturday night I went to Read more

January 26, 1942

January 26, 1942

Dear Virginia, I am sorry it has been so long since I have written to you, but my brother brought your letter over to me just a short time ago, so I had to wait until I could get your address. Leon said he received Read more

November 26, 1941

November 26, 1941

Dear Virginia, Received your letter today, and was supprised at you. I have no date with Shirley this Fri. night. If you don’t believe it, you may go down and stay with her and see if I come or not. I think you are just Read more

November 14, 1941

November 14, 1941

Dear Virginia, Well you see I didn’t forget to write to you tonight. I just came back from voting, and at the present time am listening to the radio. How is every thing with you? School going O.K.? Hope so. Well I got Danny home Read more

October 15, 1941

October 15, 1941

Dear Virginia, I just came home from work, so I thought I would write to you. How has everything been going this week? Please excuse the paper and writing, as I am all out of writing paper. What do you want to do Saturday? You Read more

October 6, 1941

October 6, 1941

Dear Virginia, Here goes your letter, although there isn’t much to write about. I guess I told you everything over the phone. Hope you get better soon, it’s awful to be sick. Well, what do you want me to say? I can’t think of anything. Read more

September 25, 1941

September 25, 1941

Dear Virginia,I received your letter yesterday and was glad to hear that Shirley wants to go with us Saturday. I have talked with Leon and I guess he is going to try to get away, so we ought to have some fun. What was the Read more

September 17, 1941

September 17, 1941

Dear Virginia,I imagine you think that I am a little late with this letter, but I have been so busy that all I have done is eat, sleep, and work. Have been picking apples 7:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Working in the mill 3:00 P.M. Read more

Harry and Ginny

Harry and Ginny

Harry Powers July 4, 1920 – June 17, 2008 Harry was born to Harry and Zilpha Powers in Martville, NY.  He served his country proudly and sacrificially as a Tech Sgt during WWII in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. His B-17 was shot down Read more

The Love Letters Project

The Love Letters Project

Today I’m introducing a new project for this blog. It’s actually an old project, because I had started it a long time ago with another blog but never finished it. But it’s something that’s very near and dear to my heart, and I want to Read more