Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (August 15-31, 1945)

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Letters written by Beth Puckett to her husband Lewis Puckett who was serving in the US Navy in the Pacific Theatre. The letters include several expressions of affection, loneliness, and longing. Other topics include the announcement of VJ Day, updates on friends and family (including drunk driving accidents and social visits), Beth correcting Lewis on the date of their wedding anniversary, the Navy point system, the removal of daughter Sherry's tonsils and her recovery, toy fads, canning, and military personnel returning home.

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Title: Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (August 15-31, 1945)
Who's responsible?: Puckett, Beth (Correspondent)
Puckett, Lewis (Correspondent)
Original creation or publication date: 1945-08
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1940-1949
Type of item: text
Original format: correspondence
Subject headings: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945
Topics: North Carolina
Wartime
Military
Additional tags: World War II
Home front
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Contributing Institution: Greensboro History Museum
Collection: Puckett Family Papers
Series: 1: Correspondence (1929-1945)
Folder: 28: Puckett, Beth -- Letters to Lewis Puckett (1945, Aug. 15-31)
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: GHM_MssColl089.1.28
Gateway identifier: ghm:1096
OCLC number: 876906036

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