Biographical Note:
Thomas Burns (76th Air Base Squadron)
stationed at Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida during world War II wrote
to Mary Donnelly in Massachusetts, whom he eventually married.
Scope and Content:
This is a collection of personal
letters mostly dated from 1942 through 1943 written by Thomas Burns (76th
Air Base Squadron) during World War II. Burns wrote from Hendricks Field,
Sebring, Florida to Mary Donnelly in Massachusetts. He mostly wrote of
his experiences and activities on the base. While the letters do not deal
with Florida or World War II, they do offer a glimpse into courtship during
that era and life on an air base.
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