PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-janm-17-69 (2018.22.70)

PARENT COLLECTION

George Nakamura Collection

DESCRIPTION

1 envelope, 2 paged letters. Written to Nobuko Nakamura, George Nakamura's sister, from Beverly Fitting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, dated July 26, 1944 at 9:30 pm. The letter writes about George being moved into various hospitals. The letter is partially torn on one side, resulting in lost text.\n\nOn recto of envelope, green Air 20 cent stamps on right; postmark reads, "La Crosse / July 28 / 1 PM / 1944 / WIS". Address from Beverly is from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Nobuko in Olaa, Hawaii.\n\nTranscription:\nDear Nobuko,\nThe reason I [didn't]\nwrite to you back [the]\nday I received [your]\nletter was [because]\nI thought maybe [I]\ncould tell you some\nthing about George.\nWe wrote to that\nhospital in Kentucky\nand received word\nthat he had been\ntransferred to a\nStation Hospital in\nFort Lewis, Washington\non June 29th. So now\nwe have written [them]\nHave you heard [from]\nthe Red Cross yet?\nYesterday at work\nI was put on the \nribbon counter [which]\nI like very [much ___]\nhad been working\npretty steady on [the]\nhardware counter. [And]\ntoday they even trusted\nme at the candy counter.\nLast Mon. I had a\ntooth pulled which\ndidn't feel very good,\nbut I'm glad it's out.\nThat's about all I can\nthink of for now. I sure\nhope I hear soon about\nGeorge and that every-\nthing's O.K.\nLots of Love\n[Beverly]\nP.S. Any loose snapshots [are?]\nFine -- send one on.

CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American National Museum

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Japanese American National Museum (Gift of the Nakamura Family, 2018.22)

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