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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: John W. Coyle, Jr. Second World War correspondence
source:
Morrow, Kathy
Creator:
Coyle, John W., Jr., Sergeant, 1917-2000
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.246.w.r
Physical Description:
.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1943 April 22 - 1945 January 12
Abstract: This collection contains six correspondence written by Sergeant James W. Coyle, Jr., United States Army Air Force to his sister,
Rosemary, during the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 146
Container: 8
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kathy Morrow.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Sergeant James W. Coyle, Jr., United States Army Air Force (1/29/1917 - 11/17/2000) was born in Corsica, South Dakota to John
E. and Rose Coyle. He had three brothers, Paul, Eugene (Gene) and Peter, and two sisters, Rosemary and Joy Ann. According
to the donor, both Gene and Peter served in the Korean War.
The family lived in South Dakota and Iowa before John joined the Army Air Force on February 21, 1942. He left the US head
for Trinidad on March 26 and returned a year later on May 27, 1943. He then left the US again for France on March 23, 1944.
He served in France with the 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group until he returned on October 12, 1945. He was discharged
on October 23. (this information from his application to the state of Iowa for World War II service compensation, and the
1940 census, available at ancestry.com).
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], John W. Coyle, Jr. Second World War correspondence (2017.246.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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This collection contains six correspondence written by Sgt. John W. Coyle, Jr., USAAF to his sister, Rosemary, during the
Second World War.The first letter is an Easter card in April 1943. The rest of his letters describe the cold weather while
he is in training in the United States, after having spent warm months in Trinidad, and later in France. Rosemary was working
at a plant in Long Beach, California and later found a better job in 1944 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sgt. Coyle thanks her in
two letters for the Christmas package she sent, and also mentions that France "is pretty country" [sic] and that the people
"keep Sunday very holy," as they dress their best and all go to church.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- France
United States -- Army -- Air Forces
Morrow, Kathy
Windham née Coyle, Rosemary , b. 1922