Physical Description: .48 Linear Feet(7 folders)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains correspondence from SSgt. William A. LeNoir, USAAC to his girlfriend, Ada Ketterlinus, during the Second
World War. LeNoir wrote the letters during training and while overseas in France and England.
LeNoir's letters frequently contain jokes, poems, and references to movies, songs, and radio performers of the day.
In letters from November 1943, LeNoir discusses the blackouts in England. A letter from May 4, 1945 letter mentions the deaths
of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. LeNoir also discussed V-E day in a letter dated May 8, 1945. LeNoir wrote that the
day "doesn't bring the feeling of joy and elation that I thought it would – only a feeling of relief – such as you feel at
the end of a long, hard march. "
LeNoir also enclosed newspaper clippings, often of comic strips, and other items in his letters, including foreign currency.
A letter from March 26, 1944 included a British 3 penny piece while a letter from August 5, 1944 letter included French currency.
An envelope postmarked June 13, 1945 includes a booklet: "Time Over Targets: The story of the 9th Bombardment Division." LeNoir
also enclosed pictures with captions on the back in an April 26, 1944 letter.
Some letters from July 1944 appeared to be unopened.
There is some undated correspondence in the final folder of a series, including a Western Union telegram and a V-mail in which
LeNoir announces he will be back in the United States shortly.
