Written to his Wife, Madge Colglazier Lewis, 1943

Containers:
1, 1, 1
Scope and content:

9 letters.

January 4, 1943 letter is from Cpl Weldon E. Lewis stationed in Camp Cooke, California, but in a January 28, 1943 letter he says "I have just been promoted to Sergeant". In letter postmarked February 27, 1943, Sgt. Lewis writes from a hospital, "...don't know how to explain all of this, but I had a little mix up and crack up...". In other letters he talks of his guard duty, maneuvers, and washing clothes in boiling water and lux flakes. In letter postmarked December 13, 1943 he has just arrived in Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.

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Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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