Box 1

Letters received from his father and stepmother, relatives in England, his fiancée and then wife, Helen Pettingell, sister, grandmother and friends, 1937–1945; Letters sent to his parents, 1944–1945; Letters of Robert Tremblay, Joseph Andrews, Irene Harper (WAC, USA), H. Johnson and Helen to his parents, the Chester Chases, 1943–1945; Christmas cards; Miscellany, including citation for Purple Heart Medal, 1945. The letters received detail events on the home front, politics, and news of friends, movies, wedding plans, FDR’s death, work and trips. Robert’s letters tell about shipboard life on USS Kidd, his health, appearance, a Japanese attack, future plans, meeting friends from home, and leave. Censorship prevented him from writing about the invasions in which they participated.