Finding Aid for the Albert J. Leblanc Second World War correspondence and photograph 2017.270.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
5/17/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Albert J. Leblanc Second World War correspondence and photograph
Creator:
Leblanc, Albert J. , Sergeant, 1914-1954
source:
Leblanc, Daniel J.
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.270.w.r
Physical Description:
.01 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1943 January 25
Abstract: This collection contains one correspondence written by Sgt. Albert J. Leblanc, USA to his parents during the Second World
War. Also included is a photograph of Sgt. Leblanc.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 146
Container: 18
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Daniel J. Leblanc.
The items in this collection are arranged together.
Sergeant Albert J. Leblanc, United States Army (4/16/1914 - 6/26/1954) was born in Fisherville, New Brunswick, Canada to Charles
and Emma. He served with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.
The spelling of the last name, using a lower case 'b', was inferred from the donor's typed address and name.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Albert J. Leblanc Second World War correspondence and photograph (2017.270.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 one correspondence written by Sgt. Albert J. Leblanc, USA to his parents during the Second World
War. Also included is a reproduced photograph portrait of Sgt. Leblanc in uniform. The correspondence is dated January 25,
1943 and written to his mother and father from Sicily. In it he tells them to respond to his brother Alfred's question about
the Italian language, that he only knows a few words because it is similar to his native French. He also mentions the weather,
and then discusses a corporal in his section named Edward [Larasseau] who received a letter from his mother in French so he
translated, as he does for many men who receive French letters from women in North Africa.
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
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)
Photographs
World War (1939-1945) -- Italy
Leblanc, Daniel J.