Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Tunisia 1942: Axis Initiative-Situation 14 February 1943, and Operations Since 1 January
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 13 December 1942-18 February 1943
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943
This is the first V-Mail letter from Homer’s father. It was mailed from Australia. The actual letter is a photocopy of a regular-sized letter written on a form that is then reduced to 4.25” X 5”. The scanner now enlarges it to a more readable size, so that works out well. The whereabouts of Harold Merkle becomes a continuing point of discussion through these letters. Surviving family members don’t know who he was.
I came upon the article posted below in the March 2, 1943 issue. I know I’m not supposed to post stuff out of sequence but this seems to call for an exception to the rule. I will post it again at the proper time - HJS.
