Edgar R. Howard and Virginia Phillips Second World War correspondence 2022.148.w.r

Andrew Harman

Center for American War Letters Archives

4/29/2022

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

URL: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Edgar R. Howard and Virginia Phillips Second World War correspondence

source: Colvin, Carolyn H.

Creator: Hooper, Harry Ralston, Corporal, 1917-2003

Creator: Bascom, Raymond J., Seaman Second Class, 1924-1995

Identifier/Call Number: 2022.148.w.r

Physical Description: 0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Date (inclusive): 1943 September 20 - 1944 December 20

Abstract: This collection contains two V-mail correspondence from two service members writing to Edgar R. Howard and Virginia Phillips. Virginia Phillips' cousin, S 2/c Raymond Bascom, USNR wrote a V-mail to her dated September 20, 1943. Edgar R. Howard's college friend, Cpl. Harry R. Hooper, USAAF wrote a V-mail to him dated December 20, 1944.

Language of Material: English .

Container: WWII 160

Container: 21

Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Carolyn H. Colvin

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Biographical / Historical

Edgar Randall Howard and Virginia Joy Phillips were married during the war on June 11, 1944. Edgar was attending Washington Missionary College in Takoma Park, Maryland in December when he received this letter from his college friend, Corporal Harry Ralston Hooper, United States Army Air Force (6/13/1917 - 2/26/2003).

Cpl. Hooper was born in Davidson, Tennessee and served with 1347 Army Air Forces Base Unit (India-China Division)(Air Transport Command) in several locations including Shamshernagar, India in the China-India-Burma Theater. He deployed in October 1944 and served with the "medical department" according to his letter. He married in 1946 and passed away in Collegedale, TN in 2003.

Seaman Second Class Raymond J. Bascom, United States Navy Reserve (11/23/1924 - 1/11/1995) was born in Guthrie, Iowa and was a cousin of Virginia. He enlisted in the US Navy on April 24, 1943 and served aboard the escort carrier USS Breton (CVE-23), two months at sea when he wrote his letter to Virginia. He married Alice Lynn Goad in 1951 and passed away in Fort Worth, Texas in 1995.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Edgar R. Howard and Virginia Phillips Second World War correspondence (2022.148.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.

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Content Description

This collection contains two V-mail correspondence from two service members writing to Edgar R. Howard and Virginia Phillips. Virginia Phillips' cousin, S 2/c Raymond Bascom, USNR wrote a V-mail to her dated September 20, 1943. Edgar R. Howard's college friend, Cpl. Harry R. Hooper, USAAF wrote a V-mail to him dated December 20, 1944.

In Hooper's V-mail, signed "Ralston," he asks Howard how he's liking married life.

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

Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945

World War (1939-1945)

Colvin, Carolyn H.