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18 September 1941

 

Dear Mom,

Just got in Cheyenne after a hell of a dirty ride.  Played cards on my way over.  Waiting for bus to fort.

More later,

Harold Moss Signature

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  1. Love this…you all are to be commended for keeping Harold’s History alive.
    I am paying my daughter to type letters from my grandfather, Prescott Burrell to my grandmother Anne Brenton Burrell from WWI. We have more from my father Thomas Brenton Burrell who flew with the 8th Air Force from Great Britain to Germany and was wounded over Frankfurt in his B-17…..this gives us impetus to do a similar project..
    Thanks so much
    Michael Burrell

    • Thanks for visiting our website. I encourage you to transcribe your father’s letters too. They will take you down an exciting path revealing history through the eyes of a soldier. As these men die, their stories will too unless we as their children don’t pass on their letters.

  2. I was so excited to discover your website with Harold’s letters to his mom and dad. They are presented beautifully! You did an excellent job on the website. Harold’s letters are all very informative and interesting. I was especially intrigued by the letters written from Okinawa, because my dad was on Okinawa, too, having arrived with the 10th Army to set up a Military Government shortly after Harold’s arrival on the island. (Dad got there on 26 April) I can picture many of the things Harold describes about the terrain and the Okinawan people because my dad wrote similar things in his personal journal and in his letters to my mom who he eventually married after he returned from the war. I just got the journal and the letters from my mom in February 2016. I started transcribing them in May. It is a real adventure, although Dad did not tell my mom where he was stationed until the censorship was lifted. Dad wrote over 240 letters to Mom . . . I only wish he had kept all of hers, too! Many are love-letters since he did not give much detail about the war until later. The fun thing is that I have been calling my mom every day and reading her a couple of Dad’s letters. She’s loving it! Mom will be 95 in a couple weeks.

    • I’m happy you enjoy this site. Good luck transcribing your dad’s journal entries and stick with it. Transcribing them to a digital format is one way to ensure his story story lives on!

    • Ramelle – how’s the transcribing going? I’d love to read one of your letters if you’re willing to share. Would you mind posting one as a comment? Thanks.