Georgia Tech Song and Sledge letter to mother, 8-18-1943
Eugene B. Sledge wrote this letter to his mother while he was in the V-12 officer training program at Georgia Tech in 1943. In it he includes a song many of the Marine candidates had written to sum up their feelings about being safe in college while others were doing the fighting in World War II. Sl...
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Eugene B. Sledge documents Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-; Veterans -- United States -- Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Correspondence; College students -- Correspondence History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II; Peoples -- Military Life WWII |
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Eugene B. Sledge wrote this letter to his mother while he was in the V-12 officer training program at Georgia Tech in 1943. In it he includes a song many of the Marine candidates had written to sum up their feelings about being safe in college while others were doing the fighting in World War II. Sledge, along with half of the candidates in the V-12 program, would later purposely flunk so that he could enter combat as an enlisted Marine. After sharing the song and his feelings about being in college, Sledge spent the rest of the letter speaking about student life and his desire for some of his mom's homemade chocolate candy. |
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Georgia Tech Song and Sledge letter to mother, 8-18-1943Eugene B. Sledge wrote this letter to his mother while he was in the V-12 officer training program at Georgia Tech in 1943. In it he includes a song many of the Marine candidates had written to sum up their feelings about being safe in college while others were doing the fighting in World War II. Sledge, along with half of the candidates in the V-12 program, would later purposely flunk so that he could enter combat as an enlisted Marine. After sharing the song and his feelings about being in college, Sledge spent the rest of the letter speaking about student life and his desire for some of his mom's homemade chocolate candy.Sledge, Eugene B.Auburn University Libraries1943-08-181940sAtlanta (Ga.)Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-; Veterans -- United States -- Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Correspondence; College students -- CorrespondenceHistory -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II; Peoples -- Military LifeJPEGTextRG 96/98-001, box 1, folder 1Eugene Sledge papersAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.engThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.WWIIhttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ebsledge/id/108 |
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Georgia Tech Song and Sledge letter to mother, 8-18-1943 |
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