Letter from Harry M. Cleveland to Jesse Dorsey, June 24, 1945.
| Description: |
Cleveland enjoys getting firsthand news from Dorsey and says the Speedometer is better than a newspaper. He says they were all glad that Germany had quit and are just waiting for the Japanese to do the same. He looks for people he knows from home at the docks but has not had any luck yet. He mentions several people by name who have been injured or that he has not heard from. This letter is part of a large group of letter written to or by Jesse G. Dorsey during World War II. Dorsey ran the community house for the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. Being a veteran of World War I, he knew the value of providing support to the troops. He wrote letters and sent the company newsletter (Speedometer) to several hundred service men and women during the war. The community house also hosted weekend parties for soldiers from Fort Knox, Kentucky during the war. |
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| Origin: | 1945-06-24 |
| Created By: |
Cleveland, Harry Marvin, 1917-1957 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/2510 |
| Collection: |
Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
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| Geography: |
Pacific Ocean 6.745727, 143.787739 |
| Subjects: |
CorrespondenceSpeedometer (Louisville Cement Company newsletter)McKinley, Leslie I. (Boob), 1922-2005World War, 1939-1945--end Marines--CorrespondenceUnited States. Marine Corps--Military lifeWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives |
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