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| Size | (3 folders). feet of linear shelf space (approximately 86 items) |
| Abstract | Letters, 1942-1945, chiefly from W. Dennis Meeks, serving with the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, to his wife Carrie in Columbia, S.C. Also included are a few letters from Carrie to Dennis and from Dennis's buddies to Carrie. The few letters in 1942 are to and from Dennis with the 18th Bomb Wing at Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D., where he worked in some capacity in the unit's war room. Letters dated 1943 through 1945 are chiefly from Dennis, who appears to have been a clerk at the headquarters of the 385th Bombardment Group somewhere in England. Besides descriptions of the occasional bicycle trip, Dennis wrote little about his activities in England and less about the conduct of the war. Instead, Dennis told Carrie about the letters and packages he had received and responded to what Carrie told him of her life in South Carolina, where she held a series of temporary office jobs and kept up with the activities of friends and relatives. In 1945, censorship relaxed and Dennis was able to give his location as Great Ashfield, Suffolk, and discuss his impressions of England with his wife. The penultimate letter in the collection is from England and dated 12 June 1945; the last letter is dated 9 November 1945, by which time Dennis was back in the United States, perhaps in California, contemplating what he might do when he left the army. |
| Creator | Meeks, W. Dennis. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Letters, 1942-1945, chiefly from W. Dennis Meeks, serving with the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, to his wife Carrie in Columbia, S.C. Also included are a few letters from Carrie to Dennis and from Dennis's buddies to Carrie. The few letters in 1942 are to and from Dennis with the 18th Bomb Wing at Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D., where he worked in some capacity in the unit's war room. Letters dated 1943 through 1945 are chiefly from Dennis, who appears to have been a clerk at the headquarters of the 385th Bombardment Group somewhere in England. Besides descriptions of the occasional bicycle trip, Dennis wrote little about his activities in England and less about the conduct of the war. Instead, Dennis told Carrie about the letters and packages he had received and responded to what Carrie told him of her life in South Carolina, where she held a series of temporary office jobs and kept up with the activities of friends and relatives. In 1945, censorship relaxed and Dennis was able to give his location as Great Ashfield, Suffolk, and discuss his impressions of England with his wife. The penultimate letter in the collection is from England and dated 12 June 1945; the last letter is dated 9 November 1945, by which time Dennis was back in the United States, perhaps in California, contemplating what he might do when he left the army.
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W. Dennis Meeks Papers, 1942-1945.
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