Title

Letter Written by Saidee R. Leach to her Son, Navy Ensign Douglas Leach, Dated September 7, 1942

Authors

Saidee R. Leach

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

This paper is some that Marilyn had left over from Gibbs and I might as well use it. The three days I have had for a holiday have been greatly enjoyed although I have managed to keep busy doing this and that, such as putting up thirty quarts of peaches which will taste good in the cold winter months! Dad had a chance to golf twice with Mr. Dick and the Fishers and the rest of the time worked around the yard and painted the three ladders “ripe orange!”...