Box 2
Contains 62 Results:
Letter No.97, 1954 April 26
Veramay started her letter to Wright by asking him if she still loved him even though she had been too busy to write to him. She asked him what he meant when he said, “we’ll all be a lot happier Mother’s Day”. Veramay started to question him whether he meant that he was returning back home. She informed him that if he did not respond to her letter that she would stop writing in case he was on his way back.
Christmas Card Halfer to Wright, 1954 December 24
Item is a Christmas card from Halfer, an old friend of Wright from the 3rd Division. Letter is postmarked December 21, 1954 and is addressed to Wright’s Riverside address.
Letter from Jack Shannon to Wright, 1954 August 18
Item is a letter from Jack Shannon, who shared the same compartment with Wright on the Marine Phoenix on their way back from Korea. He asked Wright how he was doing and sent him two photographs he had taken of him and his buddies. Shannon ended his letter by asking Wright to write back to let him know how he was doing.
Sgt. Bill Gentile to Wright, 1954 July 10
Sgt. Gentile started his letter to Wright by asking him how he had been since he arrived back home and asked him why he had not written to him. He asked Wright if he had already started school as he had planned and whether he was still interested in working for the FBI. Gentile asked Wright whether he had decided if Veramay or Eloda would be the “lucky girl”. He ended his letter by telling Wright to write back even if it was just a brief letter.
Christmas Letter from Eastman Family, 1954 December 18
Item is a Christmas card from the Eastman family to Wright. Envelope is postmarked on December 18, 1954 and is addressed to Wright’s Riverside address.
Christmas Card Charlie Horman, 1955 December 19
Item is a Christmas card from Charlie Horman to Wright. Envelope is post marked December 19, 1955 and the letter is addressed to Wright’s Riverside address.
Christmas Card Bill Gentile to Wright, 1955 December 15
Item is a Christmas card from Bill Gentile to Wright. Letter is postmarked on December 15, 1955 and is addressed to Wright’s Riverside address.
Christmas Card from the Fogarty's to Mr. and Mrs. Wright, 1955 December 23
Item is Christmas card from the Fogorty family to Mr. and Mrs. Wright. Envelope is post marked on December 23, 1955.
Letter Mother to Wright, 1954 April 27
Item is a letter from Wright’s mother, Mrs. Carl C. Wright. Mrs. Wright started her letter by telling Wright that she was very excited to hear that he would be back for Mother’s Day. She informed him that she had had lunch with Veramay and her parents. She ended the letter by telling Wright she had included a newspaper cut out of the 45th division parading in New York.
Letter Mother to Wright, 1954 May 3
Item is a letter from Wright’s mother, Mrs. Carl C. Wright. She told him she was very excited to hear that he would be back home soon. She mentioned that she was told that if soldiers got back to the states before they had served their 21 months that they would have to serve the full 24 months. She told him that if that was the case with him she would not mind as long as he was back in the states. She ended her letter by telling right to be safe and to remember to pray.