WWII Army Air Forces Letter 1945 Keesler Field Envelope & Air Force Day Clipping

Original 4-page handwritten letter (two sheets, front/back) on Army Air Forces stationery, dated Monday, July 30, 1945, Keesler Field, MS. Original mailing envelope, Keesler Field, MISS.

3704 AAF BU, Squadron Q, Box 548, Keesler Field, Miss. Addressed to Miss Gloria Mazukelli, Chicago, IL. Two original field-newspaper clippings the writer says he enclosed. Sneed Heads Group of Visitors Here Wednesday. "Big Plans Set for Air Force Day".

Two original cartoon sketches by the soldier ("Booth the Meek / Booth the Terror") in ink on the letter pages. Content Highlights (from the letter). Writer says he was drafted into the M. Tomorrow a certain General Sneed will arrive. We've been given the job of being his personal honor guard.

Class A uniform, white officer cap & gloves, white cord, leather belt & shoulder strap with a loaded. He explains he enclosed a clipping "telling about everything that will go on" for Air Force Day at Keesler. Period life notes add flavor: rainy morning, mess-hall menu, and seeing "Anchors Aweigh" at the base theater.

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