Title
Letter Written by Saidee R. Leach to her Son, Navy Ensign Douglas Leach, Dated August 18, 1942
Document Type
Personal Letter
Keywords
World War ll;Correspondence;Work;Camaraderie of War Wives;Censor's Marks;Letting Hair Down;Readjustment;Weather;Aviation;Mail as a morale builder
Transcription
Dear Douglas:
What a lot of excitement your telegram caused and what speculation! This is the way it was read to us over the telephone—“Assigned New York Glee Club Broadcast. Monday 7:15 EWT – WSBT.” First we figured that you were coming to New York with the Glee Club, then we dismissed that idea and called up all the local stations to see whether the program was coming in through them over the network. They told us that they knew nothing about it and that WSBT was the station at Notre Dame, came in on our dial on 96 but that the Outlet would drown it out which proved to be the case and we could not get it...
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