Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: WWII

She carried his handkerchief with her for over 50 years

She said her husband understood from before they married that Earl was her first love and would always be in her heart.

These ‘Greatest Generation’ letters are windows into what it means to be human, in love, and dedicated to making the world a better place.

Colonel Ruby Bradley was the US Army’s most highly decorated nurse. She was born in Spencer, WV, and became an Army nurse in 1934.

Concern about louse-borne disease was such that after the 1918 armistice, returning troops were deloused at port & quarantined for 2 weeks.

I looked at a letter recommending that Frenchy LaRue be returned stateside. “What were you deported for?” “Oh, I was one of Al Capone’s gang.”

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