Jean Holdridge Reeves Oral History
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Base E beacon [12 February 1945]
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Volume 2, Number 6 of the newsletter announces base activities, Army policies, Homefront news, and war-related activities, especially the Battle for Berlin. Other topics include the agriculture of New Guinea, editorial on Russia joining Allied Forces after Germany surrenders, and GI Bill of Rights benefits. Also includes question-and-amswer column and joke page. Six-page newsletter put out by the Information and Education Section at Base E near Lea, New Guinea, features a lead story on radio skits dramatizing mishandling of equipment. Other stories include "Beer Ruled Essential to Civilian Morale," J. Edgar Hoover's warning of trend towards lawlessness, fuel shortages resulting in brownouts, and the agriculture of new Guinea. War news includes advances of the Russian Army on Berlin, street battles in Manila, evacuation of Chinese coastal cities in anticipation of Allied landings, and an editorial on Russia declaring war on Japan. Homefront news includes the latest in women's apparel and Hollywood stars on Broadway. Also contains a question-and-answer column addressing child support and GI Bill policies, oak cluster awards, and joining a Ranger unit.
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Base E beacon [22 January 1945]
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Volume 2, Number 3 of the newsletter addresses the wartime baby boom and New Guinea geography. Also includes an Army question-and-answer column and a joke page. Three pages of a newsletter put out by the Information and Education Section at Base E near Lea, New Guinea, features a humorous lead article on the wartime baby boom in America, including the rise of illegitimate babies and a coinciding rise in juvenile delinquency. Other topics include the most beautiful women in Hollywood, the geography of New Guinea, and jokes. A question and answer column discusses types of duty, income taxes, and the eligibility of dogs to receive a purple heart.
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Base E beacon [29 January 1945]
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Volume 2, Number 4 of the newsletter includes a feature column addressing "Rumor Mongering" on the base. Other columns include "The War in Brief"Bombs and the Japanese Mentality," the history of New Guinea, an Army question-and-answer column, and a joke page. Six-page newsletter put out by the Information and Education Section at Base E near Lea, New Guinea, features a lead article intended to dispel a rumor floating around the base. General war news items include an increase in civilian impersonators of soldiers, an extension for discharged service men to reapply for their old jobs, and a summary of Allied activities on all war fronts, especially in Germany and the Pacific. Other columns include "Bombs and the Japanese Mentality," the history of New Guinea, an Army question-and-answer column, and a joke page.
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Base E beacon [5 February 1945]
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Volume 2, Number 4 of the newsletter includes a feature column announcing Irving Berlin's performance of "This Is the Army" on the base that night. Other column topics include war-related news, the American Homefront, and New Guinea natives. Also contains a question-and-answer columns and a joke page. Six-page newsletter put out by the Information and Education Section at Base E near Lea, New Guinea, features a column announcing Irving Berlin's performance of "This Is the Army," on base that night. War-related news announces "Yanks Enter Manilla" as well as Japanese activities and heavy fighting between Russian and German armies. Other topics include rationing of popcorn, the difficulty of destroying Tokyo with traditional bombs, and the natives of New Guinea. Question-and-answer column addresses USO clubs, the GI Bill, and AWOL furlough pay.
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Bomb daily [15 August 1945]
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Special edition of the newsletter announces the end of World War II. Two-page daily newsletter put out by the 4th platoon of the 11th Spec. Serv. announces the end of the war and describes the Japanese surrender. Other contents include American baseball scores, the base movie schedule, and news from Washington, Detriot, and Chicago.
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Boomerang arc [February 1945]
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Volume 3, Number 6 of the publication by the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) American Red Cross primarily features announcement of new appointments, commendations, and marriages and news items from various posts. Four-page publication of the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) American Red Cross includes announcement of new arrivals and appointments, as well as mention of marriages and deaths. It also discusses personnel policies, news items from several Pacific Theatre posts, and advice on where to shop for different kinds of goods.
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Club Schedule, circa 1944
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Club Schedule for Staff Assistants, listing times of activities and the staff member in charge, for the week of October 21-28, 1944. A handwritten note says that this was the schedule during the Red Cross unit's second week in Washington.
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Coconut journal [24 December 1944]
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Two-page newsletter primarily containing information on the Pacific and European Theatres and the American homefront. Two-page newsletter primarily containing information on the Pacific and European Theatres and the American homefront. Notable U.S. events include the new Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles, appreciation of the Merchant Marines from President Roosevelt, the burial of Lupe Velez in Beverly Hills, and the agreement of meat retailers not to patronize black market dealers in New York. Pacific war news includes General MacArthur's comments on recent developments in the Philippines, attacks on Iwo Jima, and fighting in the Kwangsi Province in China. European Theatre news includes reports on the ground fighting in St. Hubert, Belgium; the dumping of explosives in the Trier area in Germany; and reports of armed German women being dropped behind American lines by parachute.
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Guinea Gold, 1945
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One-page special edition of the newsletter announces Victory in Europe.
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Guinea gold [7 January 1945]
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Four-page newsletter containing reports from all over the world concerning war activities and news items from the U.S. Four-page newsletter on newsprint contains over 50 war-related reports from around the world, including the U.S., London, Moscow, Austria, China, Australia, New York, Los Angeles, and Burma. Front page headlines include "Montgomery Given Important Command,"Nazis Through Maginot Line" and "Americans Sieze Marinduque Is." Homefront stories include "Roosevelt to Address Congress"Nation Warned of Possible Spy Invasion after FBI Arrests" and articles on actor Ida Lupino, Congressman Ploeser, and the doomed tanker Bostian.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to Kay
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Reeves mentions an article by a "Jap student who felt Hirohito lowered himself" and says that the majority of the men felt that a military invasion should have occurred. She notes that materials are being stolen from the commissary and that Tom has left, and hints at a possible wedding, which she hopes Kay and Forest will attend.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to Melissa
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Reeves describes a presidential ball and being caught in a rainstorm on the way there. Tom is shipping out and she is unsure when she might see him again. The majority of letter consists of Reeves relaying what she has heard about people they both know from home.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to Melissa
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Jean Reeves has included photographs of Japanese troops surrendering, and continues to feed former prisoner of war. Reeves has heard that Jim is in Okinawa and is uncertain where she will be at Christmas.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to family
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Reeves, who has has recently arrived in New Guinea, describes their Quonset hut quarters, the terrain, orientation, waiting for assignments, the attitude of the men overseas, and looking for Jim. The back of the letter contains a note from her sister Catherine "Kay" who was copying the letter to distribute to other family members.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to her father
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Jean Holdridge Reeves opened her new canteen last week and is serving 1000 men a day. She reports that she has again visited the hospital for her canker sores, received her promotion and raise, a woodworking factory has been opened nearby, men await news of discharge, and she wishes to buy things to bring home.
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Letter from Jean Holdridge Reeves to her father
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Reeve writes that they have heard about the Japanese surrender and notes that reactions were bifurcated. She details the construction of her canteen, her attempts to contact Tom, and another marriage on base.
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