80 years ago #OTD:
"They were having a Dog Show at the Red Cross for G.I. mutts. Nearly all the outfits over here have picked up a dog of some sort for a mascot...Gen. Gerhardt picked up a mutt on the beach on #DDay and has kept it with him since-its name, by the way, is 'D-Day'.
#LettersFromGrandpa
"They were having a Dog Show at the Red Cross for G.I. mutts. Nearly all the outfits over here have picked up a dog of some sort for a mascot...Gen. Gerhardt picked up a mutt on the beach on #DDay and has kept it with him since-its name, by the way, is 'D-Day'.
#LettersFromGrandpa
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
"They were having a Dog Show at the Red Cross for G.I. mutts. Nearly all the outfits over here have picked up a dog of some sort for a mascot...Gen. Gerhardt picked up a mutt on the beach on #DDay and has kept it with him since-its name, by the way, is 'D-Day'.
#LettersFromGrandpa
"They were having a Dog Show at the Red Cross for G.I. mutts. Nearly all the outfits over here have picked up a dog of some sort for a mascot...Gen. Gerhardt picked up a mutt on the beach on #DDay and has kept it with him since-its name, by the way, is 'D-Day'.
#LettersFromGrandpa
82 years ago yesterday (ooops):
I was on K.P. again today so I haven't had a lot of time for anything else. No mail today, so I'll try to get along again without the inspiration you furnish in your letters. I went to another show tonight - a double feature...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
I was on K.P. again today so I haven't had a lot of time for anything else. No mail today, so I'll try to get along again without the inspiration you furnish in your letters. I went to another show tonight - a double feature...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
October 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
82 years ago yesterday (ooops):
I was on K.P. again today so I haven't had a lot of time for anything else. No mail today, so I'll try to get along again without the inspiration you furnish in your letters. I went to another show tonight - a double feature...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
I was on K.P. again today so I haven't had a lot of time for anything else. No mail today, so I'll try to get along again without the inspiration you furnish in your letters. I went to another show tonight - a double feature...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"I feel so much better tonight. Two lovely letters are the reason. Boy! Was I glad to see them? And the picture was as sweet as it could be...Of course they had been sent to the other hospital and then forwarded to me here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I feel so much better tonight. Two lovely letters are the reason. Boy! Was I glad to see them? And the picture was as sweet as it could be...Of course they had been sent to the other hospital and then forwarded to me here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I feel so much better tonight. Two lovely letters are the reason. Boy! Was I glad to see them? And the picture was as sweet as it could be...Of course they had been sent to the other hospital and then forwarded to me here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I feel so much better tonight. Two lovely letters are the reason. Boy! Was I glad to see them? And the picture was as sweet as it could be...Of course they had been sent to the other hospital and then forwarded to me here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"It is raining, as usual so I'll stay in tonight and try to write a nice long letter. I was out on a pass yesterday and missed writing you...
I have so much to write that I hardly know where to start...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"It is raining, as usual so I'll stay in tonight and try to write a nice long letter. I was out on a pass yesterday and missed writing you...
I have so much to write that I hardly know where to start...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
October 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"It is raining, as usual so I'll stay in tonight and try to write a nice long letter. I was out on a pass yesterday and missed writing you...
I have so much to write that I hardly know where to start...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"It is raining, as usual so I'll stay in tonight and try to write a nice long letter. I was out on a pass yesterday and missed writing you...
I have so much to write that I hardly know where to start...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"The mail for today hasn't come in yet and I hardly look for any for a day or so anyhow so so I'll begin your letter for today anyhow. It may not be much but more than an attempt...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"The mail for today hasn't come in yet and I hardly look for any for a day or so anyhow so so I'll begin your letter for today anyhow. It may not be much but more than an attempt...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"The mail for today hasn't come in yet and I hardly look for any for a day or so anyhow so so I'll begin your letter for today anyhow. It may not be much but more than an attempt...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"The mail for today hasn't come in yet and I hardly look for any for a day or so anyhow so so I'll begin your letter for today anyhow. It may not be much but more than an attempt...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"No mail, so I have no particular subject to gab about but as long as you insist - you have to put up with these dry letters.
I went to a show here last night. Saw 'Destination Tokyo.' It wasn't so bad for a war picture...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"No mail, so I have no particular subject to gab about but as long as you insist - you have to put up with these dry letters.
I went to a show here last night. Saw 'Destination Tokyo.' It wasn't so bad for a war picture...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"No mail, so I have no particular subject to gab about but as long as you insist - you have to put up with these dry letters.
I went to a show here last night. Saw 'Destination Tokyo.' It wasn't so bad for a war picture...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"No mail, so I have no particular subject to gab about but as long as you insist - you have to put up with these dry letters.
I went to a show here last night. Saw 'Destination Tokyo.' It wasn't so bad for a war picture...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
80 years ago #OTD:
"I saw a swell picture show last night - 'Duffy's Tavern' - have you seen it yet? It has a large cast of big stars. It's really good.
#LettersFromGrandpa #1940s #History
"I saw a swell picture show last night - 'Duffy's Tavern' - have you seen it yet? It has a large cast of big stars. It's really good.
#LettersFromGrandpa #1940s #History
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
"I saw a swell picture show last night - 'Duffy's Tavern' - have you seen it yet? It has a large cast of big stars. It's really good.
#LettersFromGrandpa #1940s #History
"I saw a swell picture show last night - 'Duffy's Tavern' - have you seen it yet? It has a large cast of big stars. It's really good.
#LettersFromGrandpa #1940s #History
82 years ago #OTD:
"I received quite an assortment of mail today. Your Anniversary Card and a V-Mail of Aug 10th, 2 letters from Margie and the package Aunt Grace sent me. Gee! But those hickory nut kernels looked good - in fact they are good...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I received quite an assortment of mail today. Your Anniversary Card and a V-Mail of Aug 10th, 2 letters from Margie and the package Aunt Grace sent me. Gee! But those hickory nut kernels looked good - in fact they are good...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I received quite an assortment of mail today. Your Anniversary Card and a V-Mail of Aug 10th, 2 letters from Margie and the package Aunt Grace sent me. Gee! But those hickory nut kernels looked good - in fact they are good...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I received quite an assortment of mail today. Your Anniversary Card and a V-Mail of Aug 10th, 2 letters from Margie and the package Aunt Grace sent me. Gee! But those hickory nut kernels looked good - in fact they are good...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"I received my personal belongings from France today. Some of them I should say. I got my writing portfolio, glasses (which were broken) and my billfold. That's all I got back so I'll have to find you another souvenir...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII
"I received my personal belongings from France today. Some of them I should say. I got my writing portfolio, glasses (which were broken) and my billfold. That's all I got back so I'll have to find you another souvenir...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII
September 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I received my personal belongings from France today. Some of them I should say. I got my writing portfolio, glasses (which were broken) and my billfold. That's all I got back so I'll have to find you another souvenir...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII
"I received my personal belongings from France today. Some of them I should say. I got my writing portfolio, glasses (which were broken) and my billfold. That's all I got back so I'll have to find you another souvenir...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII
82 years ago #OTD:
"I only got one letter today, but that's enough when it happens to be from my little wife. To let you know how pleased I am I won't even complain about it being only a V-mail...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I only got one letter today, but that's enough when it happens to be from my little wife. To let you know how pleased I am I won't even complain about it being only a V-mail...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 7, 2026 at 12:53 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I only got one letter today, but that's enough when it happens to be from my little wife. To let you know how pleased I am I won't even complain about it being only a V-mail...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"I only got one letter today, but that's enough when it happens to be from my little wife. To let you know how pleased I am I won't even complain about it being only a V-mail...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"Received a few 'oldies' from around Aug 9th in today's mail. They went to France and then were sent over here... These old letters clear up a few things that I have wondered about...
I am feeling good except for this darn cold...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Received a few 'oldies' from around Aug 9th in today's mail. They went to France and then were sent over here... These old letters clear up a few things that I have wondered about...
I am feeling good except for this darn cold...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"Received a few 'oldies' from around Aug 9th in today's mail. They went to France and then were sent over here... These old letters clear up a few things that I have wondered about...
I am feeling good except for this darn cold...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Received a few 'oldies' from around Aug 9th in today's mail. They went to France and then were sent over here... These old letters clear up a few things that I have wondered about...
I am feeling good except for this darn cold...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"Sunday night I saw the show 'Pin Up Girl.' Have you seen it? Most of it was pretty good.
I don't know how that letter ever was sent without being sealed...
#1940s #LettersFromGrandpa
"Sunday night I saw the show 'Pin Up Girl.' Have you seen it? Most of it was pretty good.
I don't know how that letter ever was sent without being sealed...
#1940s #LettersFromGrandpa
September 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"Sunday night I saw the show 'Pin Up Girl.' Have you seen it? Most of it was pretty good.
I don't know how that letter ever was sent without being sealed...
#1940s #LettersFromGrandpa
"Sunday night I saw the show 'Pin Up Girl.' Have you seen it? Most of it was pretty good.
I don't know how that letter ever was sent without being sealed...
#1940s #LettersFromGrandpa
82 years ago #OTD:
"Everything is lovely tonight - got 4 letters postmarked Sept 4, 5, and 6th... Gee, honey! I was beginning to think you had forgotten me. I know that is foolish but I look forward so much every day for those sweet letters...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Everything is lovely tonight - got 4 letters postmarked Sept 4, 5, and 6th... Gee, honey! I was beginning to think you had forgotten me. I know that is foolish but I look forward so much every day for those sweet letters...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"Everything is lovely tonight - got 4 letters postmarked Sept 4, 5, and 6th... Gee, honey! I was beginning to think you had forgotten me. I know that is foolish but I look forward so much every day for those sweet letters...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Everything is lovely tonight - got 4 letters postmarked Sept 4, 5, and 6th... Gee, honey! I was beginning to think you had forgotten me. I know that is foolish but I look forward so much every day for those sweet letters...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
80 years ago #OTD:
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
I couldn't wait to post this... an excerpt of one of the #LettersFromGrandpa for the upcoming week...October 14, 1945.
"God! If our country was ever invaded and destroyed like this - I hope someone has brains enough to to keep our country strong enough to prevent anything like that....
"God! If our country was ever invaded and destroyed like this - I hope someone has brains enough to to keep our country strong enough to prevent anything like that....
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I couldn't wait to post this... an excerpt of one of the #LettersFromGrandpa for the upcoming week...October 14, 1945.
"God! If our country was ever invaded and destroyed like this - I hope someone has brains enough to to keep our country strong enough to prevent anything like that....
"God! If our country was ever invaded and destroyed like this - I hope someone has brains enough to to keep our country strong enough to prevent anything like that....
82 years ago #OTD:
"Today I finally received some of my long lost packages. The box of candy you sent me months ago when I was in a replacement camp here in England was so mashed up that nothing was salvageable...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Today I finally received some of my long lost packages. The box of candy you sent me months ago when I was in a replacement camp here in England was so mashed up that nothing was salvageable...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"Today I finally received some of my long lost packages. The box of candy you sent me months ago when I was in a replacement camp here in England was so mashed up that nothing was salvageable...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Today I finally received some of my long lost packages. The box of candy you sent me months ago when I was in a replacement camp here in England was so mashed up that nothing was salvageable...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"I got a couple of your letters today finally after 3 days of nothing but hopes... I had to move to another section of the hospital, the rehabilitation section. There they begin to build us up into shape again for combat or something...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
"I got a couple of your letters today finally after 3 days of nothing but hopes... I had to move to another section of the hospital, the rehabilitation section. There they begin to build us up into shape again for combat or something...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
September 19, 2026 at 12:36 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I got a couple of your letters today finally after 3 days of nothing but hopes... I had to move to another section of the hospital, the rehabilitation section. There they begin to build us up into shape again for combat or something...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
"I got a couple of your letters today finally after 3 days of nothing but hopes... I had to move to another section of the hospital, the rehabilitation section. There they begin to build us up into shape again for combat or something...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
80 years ago #OTD:
"Today was Pay Day again. You remember I told you about them making a mistake on my pay last month - well they must have found it. My pay was rather short this month."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
"Today was Pay Day again. You remember I told you about them making a mistake on my pay last month - well they must have found it. My pay was rather short this month."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
"Today was Pay Day again. You remember I told you about them making a mistake on my pay last month - well they must have found it. My pay was rather short this month."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
"Today was Pay Day again. You remember I told you about them making a mistake on my pay last month - well they must have found it. My pay was rather short this month."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
82 years ago #OTD:
"Honey, I am so happy. This evening I received your letters of Aug 25, 26, and 30th, a card from Mom, and a letter from Marlene and also one from Jenny. Boy! I could have kissed the mailman...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Honey, I am so happy. This evening I received your letters of Aug 25, 26, and 30th, a card from Mom, and a letter from Marlene and also one from Jenny. Boy! I could have kissed the mailman...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
September 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"Honey, I am so happy. This evening I received your letters of Aug 25, 26, and 30th, a card from Mom, and a letter from Marlene and also one from Jenny. Boy! I could have kissed the mailman...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
"Honey, I am so happy. This evening I received your letters of Aug 25, 26, and 30th, a card from Mom, and a letter from Marlene and also one from Jenny. Boy! I could have kissed the mailman...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters
82 years ago #OTD:
"I intended to write you a few lines yesterday to sort of celebrate the fourth, but I just couldn't manage to find the time... I have started on this letter and been interrupted 3 times now by rain and such things...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #WW2 #1940s #History
"I intended to write you a few lines yesterday to sort of celebrate the fourth, but I just couldn't manage to find the time... I have started on this letter and been interrupted 3 times now by rain and such things...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #WW2 #1940s #History
July 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
No one knows anything anyhow so I couldn't even give you an idea of our destination. You know - just the usual talk and the more you hear the more confused you get."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
April 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
No one knows anything anyhow so I couldn't even give you an idea of our destination. You know - just the usual talk and the more you hear the more confused you get."
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
80 years ago #OTD:
(It was actually the 4th - it was a Sunday)
"I hardly know what to write because I haven't been doing anything and the mail seems to be messed up again as I haven't had any for three or four days...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
(It was actually the 4th - it was a Sunday)
"I hardly know what to write because I haven't been doing anything and the mail seems to be messed up again as I haven't had any for three or four days...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
(It was actually the 4th - it was a Sunday)
"I hardly know what to write because I haven't been doing anything and the mail seems to be messed up again as I haven't had any for three or four days...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
(It was actually the 4th - it was a Sunday)
"I hardly know what to write because I haven't been doing anything and the mail seems to be messed up again as I haven't had any for three or four days...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
82 years ago #OTD:
(This is the first letter I've seen that was censored!)
"I would have wrote a letter sooner but I thought I would wait until I had a better understanding of what we could and couldn't write...
We had all kinds of weather on the way over here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #History
(This is the first letter I've seen that was censored!)
"I would have wrote a letter sooner but I thought I would wait until I had a better understanding of what we could and couldn't write...
We had all kinds of weather on the way over here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #History
April 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
(This is the first letter I've seen that was censored!)
"I would have wrote a letter sooner but I thought I would wait until I had a better understanding of what we could and couldn't write...
We had all kinds of weather on the way over here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #History
(This is the first letter I've seen that was censored!)
"I would have wrote a letter sooner but I thought I would wait until I had a better understanding of what we could and couldn't write...
We had all kinds of weather on the way over here...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #History
82 years ago #OTD:
"I guess every cloud must have a silver lining. The sun finally came out today and it's been a lovely day for a change. I hope it continues to be nice for a while so I can get outside and absorb some sunshine...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
"I guess every cloud must have a silver lining. The sun finally came out today and it's been a lovely day for a change. I hope it continues to be nice for a while so I can get outside and absorb some sunshine...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
August 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
82 years ago #OTD:
"I guess every cloud must have a silver lining. The sun finally came out today and it's been a lovely day for a change. I hope it continues to be nice for a while so I can get outside and absorb some sunshine...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
"I guess every cloud must have a silver lining. The sun finally came out today and it's been a lovely day for a change. I hope it continues to be nice for a while so I can get outside and absorb some sunshine...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WarLetters #WWII #WW2
80 years ago #OTD:
"...All the eats and drinks were supplied by the G.I.s with the exception of some of the liquor...The liquor the Germans furnished was 'White Lighting'. Boy was it strong! I don't see how they drink it straight but they really drink it...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
"...All the eats and drinks were supplied by the G.I.s with the exception of some of the liquor...The liquor the Germans furnished was 'White Lighting'. Boy was it strong! I don't see how they drink it straight but they really drink it...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
"...All the eats and drinks were supplied by the G.I.s with the exception of some of the liquor...The liquor the Germans furnished was 'White Lighting'. Boy was it strong! I don't see how they drink it straight but they really drink it...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History
"...All the eats and drinks were supplied by the G.I.s with the exception of some of the liquor...The liquor the Germans furnished was 'White Lighting'. Boy was it strong! I don't see how they drink it straight but they really drink it...
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #1940s #History