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Mone (Warren J. ) Collection
SPC.2021.001  
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box 1, folder 1

Correspondence and Essay 1942-1944

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In the letter dated October 4, 1942 sent from Mone at Camp Roberts, California to his aunt and uncle, he discusses finishing basic training, taking an I.Q. test, attending Officers Prep School, and being selected to work at Regimental Headquarters. He also talks about other ways he spends his time there including participating and winning first prize in a show he competed in, attending school, writing an article for the camp paper, studying, attending church, and other activities.
In the essay sent to Mrs. M.J. (Josephine) Whelan entitled "New York City, A First Impression" Mone talks about traveling from Camp Livingston, LA. to New York on a B-17 bomber, his observations regarding Times Square, Central Park, 5th Avenue, Greenwich Village, and Park Avenue; and lists all of the Broadway shows he attended. He also discusses some of his experiences while in New York such as horseback riding in Central Park, restaurants he ate at, tourist attractions he visited such as the Met, Rockefeller Center, and Radio City Music Hall, seeing Frank Sinatra sing, and meeting Choo-Choo Johnson. Also included in this folder is a letter postmarked March 2, 1944 where Warren discusses his trip to New York City to his family. This letter includes similar details to those that are in the essay.
box 1, folder 2

Correspondence February-July 1944

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Two letters from February 1944 are addressed to M.J. Whelan. In the letter to "honey" Mone discusses being somewhere in the Pacific but is unable to tell them any information regarding his whereabouts or what he is doing due to censorship. He also talks about writing and advertising a small paper called, "Scuttle-Butt". In the other letter, he is able to disclose that he is in Hawaii and talks about his experiences in Oahu including visiting Pearl Harbor, attending Hula and USO shows, and visiting Waikiki.
In the letters from March-July 1944 sent to Mr. Maurice J. Whelan and Mrs. M.J. Whelan, Mone continues to write about his experiences in Hawaii, discusses sending them his bonds, talks about attending shows, discusses his experiences during a training course, writing for a local paper, participating in a play, his plans to work on writing a book, and talks about receiving letters from friends.
Also included in this folder is a letter sent to Josephine from Maurice discussing the mail that was received including a letter from Mone and a few books. July 3, 1944.
box 1, folder 3

Correspondence; issues of the "Cycloner" November 1944; August-November 1945

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In a letter dated November 2, 1944 written from "down under" to his family, Mone discusses being amidst "wild life" and "jungle foliage". He talks about building a shelter and provides sketches; discusses the rain; watching movies; and catching butterflies. He then talks about his journey on the S.S. Mexico; working on his paper, "Scuttle-Butt"; celebrating his birthday; and receiving gifts and letters from his family and friends.
In a letter dated May 6, 1945 from "in the Philippines", Mone writes about changing assignments from artillery to the office of Information and Education(I & E), and includes a list of who he works with. He also talks about writing special articles and news coverage for the daily paper they put out called the "Cycloner"- named after the 38th, Cyclone Division. This letter includes a copy of "The Sunday Cycloner", June 24, 1945.
In the letters sent to "Toots" and his family from August-October 1945, Mone discusses his experiences toward the end of the war as a guest at a home on the grounds of the [Malacañang] Palace, attending the Manila symphony, the possibility of being sent to Japan, talks about the potential for Japanese surrender, and discusses his experiences while working for the "Cycloner" during the "hectic days and nights when everything happened at once". He then talks about getting discharged and anticipating the start of his journey home mid-October; talks about his plans during his last nights overseas; talks about his friend Marshall Potter's post-war plans; discusses receiving gifts from friends and family; and talks about some of his post-war plans.
Also included in this folder is a partial issue of the "Cycloner" that features illustrations by Marshall Potter; and a letter dated November 30, 1945 sent to "Toots" from Mone in which he discusses staying at someone named, Bill's home. The envelope with this letter also contains an essay entitled "Benny's Got the Dominoes", business cards, newspaper clippings of comics and poems, and an address for Joseph U. Kennedy, Navy mail clerk at Pearl Harbor.
box 1, folder 4

Ephemera; partial issues of the [Cycloner] circa 1944-1945

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This folder contains undated material circa 1944-1945 and includes: cards with Warren's address; stamps; a birthday card sent to Mrs. M.J. Whelan from Mone; a Japanese Government ten Pesos note; and partial issues of what is presumably the "Cycloner" featuring illustrations by Marshall Potter and an article written by Mone entitled, "Manila the Second Beginning".