Letters Home - World War 2 Letters from George Leach, Jr.

A New Year’s Day letter asks his father about Mukachevo, the Carpathian Mountains, and where the family came from.

"My stockings were beginning to look like a golf course, full of holes."

George Leach says the B-26 Marauder article shows American bombers hit near Paris and returned safely.

The host reads and comments on his grandfather's letters from July-September 1943 during WWII.

Host George Leach reads a letter from his grandfather written on New Year's Day 1943, describing Christmas gifts and a New Year's celebration.

George Leach reads November 1942 letters describing a 49-hour train journey from Scott Field to Boca Raton, Florida, including stops in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida.

Host reads and comments on his grandfather's letters written during World War II, focusing on October 1942.

Host reads and reflects on a letter his grandfather wrote home during WWII, describing daily life and personal news.

Host reads and discusses letters written by his grandfather during World War II in August 1942.

Host reads and describes letters and postcards his grandfather wrote home during World War II, detailing daily life and training.

Host George Leach introduces a series reading and discussing his grandfather's World War II letters.