Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....SANDERS, PRIVATE JOHN August 31, 1942 WWII - Letters US ARMY ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR. http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 25, 2011, 1:59 pm SANDERS FAMILY RECEIVES LETTER FROM GUADACANAL A LETTER FROM PRIVATE JOHN SANDERS OF THE U.S. FORCES ON GUADALCANAL WAS RECEIVED TODAY. THE LETTER BORE THE CENSOR'S DATE OF AUGUST 31,1942. PRIVATE SANDERS STATED THAT THEY HAD CAPTURED A NUMBER OF JAPANESE STRONGHOLDS ON THE ISLAND. HE ENCLOSED A PIECE OF JAP CURRENCY AND STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING A BICYCLE LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE JAPS VACATED. HE HE ALSO URGED THAT HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BE MAILED EARLY AT LEAST BY END OF OCTOBER. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/letters/sanders1136mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb