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Deihl, Martha and Allen (Second World War correspondence)
2017.164.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Martha and Allen Deihl Second World War correspondnece
source:
Minnick née Deihl, Dorothy L.
Creator:
Kressler, Sheldon R.
Creator:
Leiby, Gene M. , Corporal
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.164.w.r
Physical Description:
.01 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (bulk): 1944 May 29 - 1944 August 9
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from Private Sheldon R. Kressler, USA and Corporal Gene M. Leiby, USA to Martha and
Allen Deihl during the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 146
Container: 9
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy L. Minnick.
The two letters in this collection are arranged chronologically.
Private Sheldon R. Kressler, United States Army and Corporal Gene M. Leiby, United States Army were born and raised in Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania. Pvt. Kressler trained in Alabama with Company B, 28th Battalion, 5th Regiment and was the brother of Martha
Deihl, who at the time of this correspondence lived with her husband Allen in Danville, PA. Cpl. Leiby served in the Southwest
Pacific with 25th Quartermaster War Dog Platoon.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Martha and Allen Deihl Second World War correspondence (2017.164.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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This collection contains correspondence from Pvt. Sheldon R. Kressler, USA and Cpl. Gene M. Leiby, USA to Martha and Allen
Deihl during the Second World War. Pvt Kressler wrote from the Bankhead Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama while watching a concert.
He and five friends from a fort in Alabama (possibly Fort Mclellan) took a train an hour and a half to see Birmingham after
two weeks of maneuvers in Talladega National Forest. He discusses being home sick and soon moving out, though unsure where
his unit will be sent. At the end of his letter he says "No I haven't got my teeth yet."
Cpl. Leiby wrote to the Deihls from the Southwest Pacific, mostly about correspondence with others that they know, and that
Pvt. Kressler has not yet written back to him. He also discusses the hot weather, even for winter south of the equator and
the natives.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Minnick née Deihl, Dorothy L.
Deihl née Kressler, Martha
Deihl, Allen L.