WV. Women military veterans
Record Group
Identifier: WV
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Josephine L. DePietro Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0461
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of twenty-eight letters written to and from DePietro's friends and family. The collection begins with the letters written by DePietro when she attended nursing school; the last letter in the collection is addressed to her parents and discusses news from family and provides updates on her activities. Most of the letters are written to her; there are letters from her significant other Sam, who was stationed with the Army Air Force at Bowman Field in Kentucky. There are...
Dates:
1938-1945; Other: Date acquired: 2009 April 13
Alice Doretta Lentz Letters
Collection
Identifier: WV 0419
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of twenty-two personal letters written by Lentz to her family that describe her life as a nurse, which included receiving vaccinations and watching as German prisoners of war arrived at her base. The letters also discuss news regarding her friends and her patients.
Dates:
1945-1946