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- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 21, 1945. Worthington notes that it is the first day of spring. She also tells Manley to send her letters back to her if he wants Worthington to save them.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, December 16, 1945. Manley tells Worthington that he is very lonely that night.
- Date Created:
- 1945-12-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, March 25, 1945. Manley notes that wrote to his uncle and mother. Also that he has to get up at 4:30 A.M.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 05, 1945. Worthington notes that she received a letter from Manley. She also writes about her friend, Norma.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, February 18, 1945. Manley notes that he spoke to Jean on the phone.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, March 13, 1946. Manley notes that complete air mail service is being restored.
- Date Created:
- 1946-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 19, 1945. Worthington describes her day. She also notes the friends she is in contact with. She notes that she will write to Norma, and a unnamed female cousin.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, May 18, 1945. Manley notes that he will become a citizen tomorrow morning. Then, Sunday morning, he leaves on a fifteen mile march to Morrisville at 4:30 A.M.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, May 30, 1945. Worthington notes that it has been five days since she has received a letter from Manley.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 29, 1945. Manley expresses his love for Worthington, and wishes her goodnight.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 15, 1945. Worthington notes that she had coffee with Hank. She then visited her dad at work.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 19, 1945. Manley talks about the weaponry he is training with during his time on the base.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 10, 1945. Manley notes what their "someday" includes. He lists: a porch swing, an automatic dishwasher, and three or four children.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- William Lalley was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1922. While in college in 1942 he signed up for an Army Air Corps program that was supposed to defer his service until he graduated, but he was pulled out of school early in 1943. He then trained as a B-17 pilot, was sent to England as a replacement, and was shot down on his first mission. With the aid of the Dutch resistance, William was able to evade the Germans for about 4 months before being captured. William was sent to three different prison camps while in Germany before the prisoners were finally liberated and he was sent home.
- Date Created:
- 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 26, 1945. Manley tells Worthington that he is being held over for a few days. There is uncertainty on whether or not he needs parachute training.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, January 09, 1946. Manley notes that he received four letters from Worthington. But they were written around September.
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, July 30, 1945. Manley notes that they will start training tomorrow. They have also started on lectures on how to stay healthy in the jungle.
- Date Created:
- 1945-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 04, 1945. Worthington describes her day. She also went bowling with her father that night.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 17, 1945. Worthington notes that she received a few of Manley's letters. She also comments that she saw a movie and talked to Norma for a while.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, September 13, 1945. Manley notes that he is now stationed in a camp in Luzon, about 60 miles north of Manila.
- Date Created:
- 1945-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 02, 1945. Manley notes that they got up a 4:00 A.M. in the morning to go out to the rifle range.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 18, 1945. Manley notes that he is Corporal of the Guard, and is in charge of the Regimental Guard detail.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 11, 1945. Manley states that they were given two more weeks of training. His sergeant also said that he might have to stay at Frt. McClellan.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
- Date Created:
- 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, February 18, 1945. Manley notes that he watched a movie called "Objective Burma." He also wishes Worthington a good night.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, March 29, 1945. Manley notes that he wrote to his mother, and he received two letters that day. One from his mother and the other from Worthington.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- John Mercurio served in the Army Air Corps between 1943 and 1946. He was an aircraft engine technician who repaired and maintained bombers at fields on Biak and Leyte in the Pacific during the war, and provides a vivid description of the difficulties of working on Biak in particular. He also spent time in Japan during the occupation and worked on experimental jets and helicopters at Wright Air Force Base in Ohio.
- Date Created:
- 2007-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, February 20, 1945. Manley notes that he and a German prisoner of war made pineapple turnovers.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Bill Lamb served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He served as a glider pilot, despite being trained on powered airplanes, in the European theater during the later part of World War II. He participated in the Rhine crossing in 1945, and later on he flew supplies to Patton and transported wounded men and rescued POWs. Flight report appended to outline.
- Date Created:
- 2008-05-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 20, 1945. Manley tells Worthington that he had a class in marching for a parade that was happening on Friday.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Postcard to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, February 19, 1945. Postcard features image of two bakers and a soldier. Manley notes that Worthington will have to make him bread after they are married.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Frank Warner was born in Michigan in 1918 and attended college at Michigan State University before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942. Frank was sent to a different training base in the United States every 9 weeks before flying to Europe, where he flew combat missions from bases in Italy. Frank trained with B-24s because they could carry quite a few more bombs than the older planes. Frank stated that there was a very high mortality rate for the type of missions he had worked on and that a psychologist had to stay with the men to help their mental health. Frank has many stories from flying over Europe that includes being shot at and planes exploding. Military documents appended to interview outline.
- Date Created:
- 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Clare Musgrove served in the Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. He was a B-24 Gunner with the 15th Air Force in Italy, where he flew nine missions. On the last, over Ploesti, his plane was hit and the crew bailed out over Serbia. The rest of the crew were captured, but he was rescued by a local family and smuggled out by the resistance. Upon returning to his base, he was given a training assignment for the rest of the war.
- Date Created:
- 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 26, 1945. Manley tells Worthington how much he misses her, and how lonely he is without her.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 28, 1945. Manley notes that he still does not know when he is coming home.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, August 04, 1945. Manley notes that he is very lonely without Worthington.
- Date Created:
- 1945-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, October 19, 1945. Manley notes that he went ashore that day. He describes the Japanese.
- Date Created:
- 1945-10-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, February 25, 1945. Manley describes I.R.T.C. As well as O.C.S. and the amount of time each takes.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 05, 1945. Manley notes that there was another night problem.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 18, 1945. Worthington notes that she met with Norma. They went to a show, had dinner, and went bowling.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- John Beukema was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 15th, 1924. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps during World War II, and was accepted as a pilot. After flight school, he was sent to be an instructor back at Basic flight school in Gardner Field, California for one year. He volunteered to be a B-17 pilot, but the war in Europe ended. He signed up to be a B-29 pilot, but the war in the Pacific ended, as well.
- Date Created:
- 2008-07-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, March 07, 1945. Manley notes that he marched nine miles that day with a full field pack, rifle, and other items.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, December 20, 1945. Manley notes that he is back at the airfield. There is a rumor they are moving somewhere.
- Date Created:
- 1945-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, March 26, 1945. Manley notes that he has been very busy. Also their anniversary, Aug. 27, 1943, is very special to the both of them.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, May 06, 1945. Worthington notes that she went to the movies with Norma.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Charles Saur served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was in the 764th Squadron and received an Air Medal and a DFC while he was in the Air Corps. He served in the Air Corps from February 1943 through November of 1945. Charles said that his time in the service did not have much of an impact on his life, but he was able to make some memorable friends while serving. After serving, Charles received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan and then went to work for IBM.
- Date Created:
- 2007-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 02, 1945. Worthington describes her day. She also writes about her friend, Norma.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- George B. Gane is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 92nd Bomber Wing from 1944 to 1945. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment years, enlistment and training in the U.S., and bombing missions in Europe.
- Date Created:
- 2007-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 01, 1945. Manley notes that he spoke with Worthington that day on the phone. He plans to call her next Sunday.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 20, 1945. Manley notes that he has learned more about Range Procedure and Scoring of the Machine Gun.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries