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Letter No.47, 1953 August 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Veramay started the letter by telling Wright about her busy weekend. She told him she had gone to dinner with her father in Coachella and that she met a man who had just gotten back from Korea with his same last name. She asked Wright if she had heard about the father who refused to accept the Congressional Medal from Truman when his son was killed. She told Wright that his insomnia had affected her as well because she had been having trouble sleeping. Veramay ended the letter by telling...
Dates: 1953 August 4

Letter No.48, 1953 August 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter by telling Wright that he was probably not seeing the brightest light of day. She wrote that commentators said many of the prisoners were in very bad conditions. She wrote that she had lost the one thing she had to look forward to but that she kept reminding herself that Wright was probably too busy to write considering the circumstances. She told Wright that some of her friends’ boyfriends had been drafted to Japan. She explained to Wright why she had gotten in a...
Dates: 1953 August 7

Letter No.49, 1953 August 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter to Wright by telling him about her dream the previous night. She wrote that in her dream he had been given a 7 day pass to go home but that it was very difficult to see him since she worked until late at night and because there was always someone around him. She wrote that her mother heard on the news that one of the prisoners was released from Riverside. She mentioned to Wright that her letters would probably be much shorter since she was no longer talking to Liz...
Dates: 1953 August 9

Letter No.50, 1953 August 11

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Veramay started the letter by telling Wright that she missed him so much and that she could not wait for him to go back home. She told Wright that her father had gotten around to fixing her room and that she had to choose a color scheme. She told him about the cloudy weather in Indio and apologized for writing such a short letter.

Dates: 1953 August 11

Letter No.51, 1953 August 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents Veramay started the letter by telling Wright that here had been a storm in Indio. She told him that her father was still working on her room and that she was unsure of what she wanted it to look like. She told Wright she missed him all of the time but that she missed him the most when she thought of all of the trips that they could take together. She told Wright she included newspaper clippings from the Riverside paper. She ended the letter by telling Wright that she will continue to write...
Dates: 1953 August 12

Letter No.52, 1953 August 19

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Veramay started her letter by apologizing to Wright because she had not been writing as often. She told him that she was offered a job weighing and packaging meat that paid her more than her office job but that it was difficult work and that she would rather stay at the office. She told Wright about some new films that she had recently watched. She wrote about the dress that she had been making and ended the letter by telling Wright that she loved him.

Dates: 1953 August 19

Letter No.53, 1953 August 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter to Wright by telling him that she was surprised at how quickly time was passing by. She wrote that she might as well be working during her vacation, that way she would at least get paid instead of doing nothing. She informed him that Liz called and gave her explanation about what really happened and why they were upset at each other. She apologized to Wright for not having anything else more interesting to write about. She told Wright that her mother heard in the...
Dates: 1953 August 23

Letter No.54, 1953 August 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Veramay stated her letter by telling Wright the weather had not been so bad. She told him that she had gone to Beaumont for peaches and that she did not want to return home because of the cool weather. She ended the letter by telling him that Liz had been sent off to work in Palm Springs.

Dates: 1953 August 24

Letter No.55, 1953 August 27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Veramay started the letter by telling Wright that it was good to hear back from him. She asked him what had kept him so busy during the nine days of vacation that he didn’t write to her. She wrote that he must have feel great knowing he was helping prisoners get their freedom back. Veramay wrote that by the time he got back home he would have so many stripes that he would be unrecognizable. Veramay ended the letter by telling Wright that she was tired and sleepy and that she would write a...
Dates: 1953 August 27

Letter No.56, 1953 August 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter by telling Wright she understood the time difference between them. She included a newspaper clipping of Diane’s baby who won a beauty contest. She updated him about everyone back home. She thanked him for the newspaper clippings that he had sent her and told him that he was expecting him home any day. Veramay told Wright how happy she would be upon his return home. She asked him not to judge her based on the photographs that she had sent him, she told him that the...
Dates: 1953 August 30