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Rill, Robert W. (Second World War correspondence)
2017.215.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Robert W. Rill Second World War correspondence
Creator:
Rill, Robert W., Sr., First Lieutenant, 1921-2013
source:
Hafner, Susan Newcomer
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.215.w.r
Physical Description:
.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1944 December 25 - 1945 August 2
Abstract: This collection contains two V-Mails sent from Lt. Robert W. Rill, USA to his friends and family during the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 21
Container: 3
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan N. Hafner.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
First Lieutenant Robert W. Rill, United States Army (6/25/1921 - 10/1/2013) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to his parents
John and Minnie. Lt. Rill served the Army in the 258th Combat Engineering Battalion in Europe during the Second World War.
He married his wife Beatrice Louise Schmidt in 1943 and they continued to live in Lancaster, PA after the war until her death
in 2009 and his in 2013.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Robert W. Rill Second World War correspondence (2017.215.w.r), Center for
American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains two V-mail correspondence written by Lt. Robert W. Rill, USA to family and friends during the Second
World War. One letter was written on Christmas Day 1944 to his younger sisters Betty and Nancy Rill. The other letter is
to Helen and Robert "Bob" Newcomer from Belgium in August 1945, discussing the monotonous routine of the post-war.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Christmas
World War (1939-1945) -- Europe
World War (1939-1945) -- Belgium
V-mail
Hafner, Susan Newcomer