Finding Aid for the Martha and Allen Deihl Second World War correspondence 2017.164.w.r

Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
2/25/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu


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 .
Container: WWII 146
Container: 9
Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dorothy L. Minnick.

Arrangement

The two letters in this collection are arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Preferred Citation

[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.
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.

Content Description

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Minnick née Deihl, Dorothy L.
Deihl née Kressler, Martha
Deihl, Allen L.