Letter from Albert L. Fisher to Jesse Dorsey, August 21, 1942.

Description:	Fisher acknowledges receiving two letters from Dorsey and the Speedometer on the same day that he is writing. He is sure the men at the Louisville Cement plant are enjoying the new amplifying system. He knows it takes some time for mail to cross the ocean. He could have stayed at a station in California but he is glad that he didn’t. He would not have gotten to see some of the things that he has now seen such as kangaroos or meet the people. One of his fellow soldiers is collecting stamps and he liked the Kentucky stamp. In return Fisher has enclosed two Australian stamps.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.
Origin:	1942-08-21
Created By:	Fisher, Albert Lee, 1916-1989.
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/3122
Collection:	Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence
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Geography:	Australia -24.9926093,115.2274066
Subjects:	Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter)Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.)CorrespondencePostage stampsStamp collecting Soldiers--CorrespondenceUnited States. Army--Military lifeWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives

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