Letter from Alvin E. Jones to Jesse Dorsey, August 27, 1945.

Description:	Since his last letter, Jones is overseas and aboard an L.S.T. (Landing Ship Tank). He references the close quarters but does not give much more detail since he assumes the letter recipient has seen many of them on the Ohio River at home. The crew is small. He has not gotten seasick. He is serving as a gunnery’s mate but would rather be working at home in the mill. Jones is anxious to hear how people back home took the news of the surrender. He encourages Dorsey to organize a club at the Community House for ex-service men.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:	1945-08-27
Created By:	Jones, Alvin E., 1922-2015
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/5187
Collection:	Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence
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Geography:	Pacific Ocean -8.0653798,-149.2396034
Subjects:	SurrendersLanding Ship TankMilitary jobs--gunnerys mateSilver Creek High School (Sellersburg, Ind.)--BasketballSpeedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter)Correspondence Sailors--CorrespondenceUnited States. Navy--Military lifeWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives

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