Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (March 3-8, 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. Topics include the inconsistency of mail delivery, car maintenance, an annoying boarder, the children's music lessons and rainy day capers, trying to schedule the upcoming removal of son Stephen's tonsils around the availability of space at the hospital, listening to radio reports on the War Labor Board, having furniture reupholstered, food shortages, and memories of the night they met.

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Title: Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (March 3-8, 1945)
Who's responsible?: Puckett, Beth (Correspondent)
Puckett, Lewis (Correspondent)
Original creation or publication date: 1945-03
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
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Contributing Institution: Greensboro History Museum
Collection: Puckett Family Papers
Series: 1: Correspondence (1929-1945)
Folder: 17: Puckett, Beth -- Letters to Lewis Puckett (1945, Mar. 3-8)
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: GHM_MssColl089.1.17
Gateway identifier: ghm:1324
OCLC number: 876905157

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