Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of letters written and received by Lorraine D. Fahien and Robert E. (Bob) Fischer, dating from 1943 to 1946. Most of the letters date from 1945, during Bob’s service in the U.S. Army Air Force. The letters are arranged chronologically with gaps occurring in December 1943, May through July 1944, February 1945, December 1945 through April 1946, and June through August 1946. With only one exception, all the letters are written between Lorraine and Bob in...

Scope and Contents The collection includes letters, postcards, and V-mails from Francis Charles Weidler to his fiancé, Lucille Simons, dated 1942-1945, while he was in the Air Force during World War II. The letters dated 1942-1943 were written while he was in basic training, and the letters dated 1944-1945 were mostly written from France and England and mention D-Day and life back home. Other items include Weidler’s appointment as corporal (temporary) in the 861st School Squadron, October 1, 1942; an issue of...