Letter from Bennie R. Beyl to Jesse Dorsey, August 29, 1945.

Description:	Beyl tell Dorsey he and many others are happy now that the war is over. He is sorry to hear about Lucky. He saw Bob Yost awhile back at the Red Cross Club. They don’t know exactly when they will be home but hopefully soon. He plans to marry when he gets back. Where he is located he sees Patton often. He plans to go to Austria to see his brother and knows where several of the boys from home are stationed. He was so glad Bob McKinley was found at a POW camp and not dead. He laments his brother’s death and feels he died for a good cause. He was with the Dismore boy when he was killed.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:	1945-08-29
Created By:	Beyl, Bennie Roscoe, 1924-2004
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/326
Collection:	Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence
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Geography:	Germany 51.0899863,5.9700056
Subjects:	Brothers War casualties Peace Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 Marriage McKinley, Leslie N. Prisoners of war World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives United States. Army--Military life Soldiers--Correspondence

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