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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Calvin C. Lungren Second World War correspondence
source:
Lungren , Mark
Creator:
Lungren, Calvin Coolige, Private, 1925-2019
Identifier/Call Number: 2020.020.w.r
Physical Description:
0.01 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1944 August 3 - October 3
Abstract: This collection contains seven V-Mail from Pvt. Calvin C. Lungren, USA to his brother and parents during the Second World
War. Also included is one Western Union Telegram informing his parents of his injuries in France.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 154
Container: 7
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mark Lungren.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Private Calvin Coolige Lungren, United States Army (9/2/1925 - 9/21/2019) was born in Stet, Missouri to Oscar John and Lottie
M. Lungren. Calvin was the second youngest of five brothers, including Maurice, Donald (1920-1930), Woodward, and Raymond.
He attended Stet High School and worked with his father on their farm before he was registered for the draft on September
2, 1943. He joined the Army on October 26, 1943 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and attended basic training at Camp Blanding,
Florida and further training at Camp Meade and Camp Myles Standish. He left the US on May 3, 1944 and reached England before
arriving in France and joining Company F, 357th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division on June 23. He continued to serve in France
until he was wounded on October 7, 1944 near Metz, France and recieved the Purple Heart.
He wrote to his brother Ensign Maurice Carlson Lungren, United States Navy Reserve (10/9/1916 - 9/6/2005) who flew patrol
planes in VP-11 based in Indonesia during the time of their correspondence.
Their brother Woodward Nelson "Woodie" Lungren, United States Army (1/29/1922 - 4/17/2010) served from October 27, 1942 until
he was injured on August 24, 1944 and is mentioned in Calvin's letters to Maurice.
Calvin Lungren married Dorothy R. Schwartz in 1960 in Kansas City. He passed away at the age of 94 in September 2019.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Calvin C. Lungren Second World War correspondence (2020.020.w.r), Center
for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains seven V-Mail from Pvt. Calvin C. Lungren, USA to his brother and parents during the Second World
War. His brother, Ens. Maurice C. Lungren, USNR received five and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar John Lungren received two
V-Mail and one Western Union telegram informing them of Calvin's injury in action in France in October 1944.
The correspondence has nothing much to say other than asking about people, such as other soldiers like his brother "Woodie"
and Ralph Hall and Jim Bowman, and letting everyone know he is fine and he has it pretty easy. He does frequently mention
expecting the war to end soon, with hope that it will. He told Maurice on September 15, 1944, "I worry most about when the
shooting is going to quit over here." They sometimes have church services, though not often.
Of note is the couple times he mentioned the Nazi occupation's effects on France, such as a street named Adolph Hitler Platz
and a school he went into; "I was in a French school one day and in every room there was a picture of Hitler. Him with a little
girl or boy."
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Casualties
Battle casualties
World War (1939-1945) -- France
World War (1939-1945) -- Battlefields -- France
Lungren , Mark