WWII LOT 140+ Handwritten Letters Men to Girl LOVE TRIANGLE WORLD WAR 2 For Sale

WWII LOT 140+ Handwritten Letters Men to Girl LOVE TRIANGLE WORLD WAR 2
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WWII LOT 140+ Handwritten Letters Men to Girl LOVE TRIANGLE WORLD WAR 2 :
$125.00

This is an exceptional lot of military WWII letters, including love letters (most handwritten, some typed), home to a beautiful young lady named Betty Jeanne Burnette who lived in Gosport Indiana. Letters are from 1942 to 1946 and have talks of WAR and LOVE. Letters are from MULTIPLE men, one referencing Betty as \"wife\" early on, but it sure seems that Betty has some interest in OTHER Navy sailors!


(That kind of thing happened in that era?? 😉)


I purchased these to write a book during the pandemic, but I was lucky enough to be in a position where I was able to continue working and therefore just never got around to reading all the letters and doing the research I wanted to do.


I have read about 20 letters of the WELL OVER 100+ total letters in this lot, (more like 140+) Some excerpts from the letters:


\"Dear Betty, Well it is a very gruesome day here today. You might think me crazy but I wish I was home walking around in some of that snow you have in Indiana...\"


Jimmie writes, \"....Say, Jack is really writing to you alot. What\'s going on with you two anyway. Nothing serious I hope. (Ha Ha)....\"


M.H. (Doc) Miller writes, \"Betty the least you can do is tell me who the other boy (or is it boys) is....Say, that other boy could be that Harris boy could it? I can\'t imagine who it could be. Please tell me. Don\'t forget Betty, I\'ll always love you and it has hurt me to find out about you, though I\'m not mad at you. I wish it had been you who told me first....\"


Some risqué talk too:


(Short, short, story (before gas rationing))

Oh George, PLEASE DONT STOP HERE!

Oh George, PLEASE DONT STOP!

Oh George, PLEASE DONT!!!

Oh George, PLEASE!!

Oh George!!!

Oh!!!!!!!


\"....I want you to know that you are on my mind practically all the time....\"


There was a references to the war in at least one of the 20 or so letters I did read. I would imagine lots more as these letters are mostly written in the middle of wartime.


One Navy Sailor was aboard LST-1039. LST-1039 was laid down on 26 November 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 6 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Jack H. Johnston; and commissioned on 9 February 1945, Lt. G. E. Paris in command.


During World War II, LST-1039 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until early April 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 21 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 July that same year. On 2 September 1947, the ship was sold to the Columbia River Packers Association, Inc., for operation.


Letters are from many places including San Francisco California, Long Island New York, Great Lakes Ill., Paragon Indiana, Washington D.C., etc. I think some were in training in the US. Lots look like they\'re from onboard Navy vessels.


This is a wonderful grouping of historical letters, from a time long gone but never forgotten. A time when lovers disappeared from sight and the sound of their voice was exchanged for the smell of perfume on a well written love letter. No instant messaging, no cell phones, no Skype. Days and days go by with no contact. I can\'t imagine the anxiety of wondering, for days, if the answer you\'ll receive about your cheating partner is one which gives you comfort or one that breaks your heart even more.


Lots more to find out in these letters, I\'m sure!


Happy offerding! 😊

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