13 July 1943

Maddow, Les, fl. 1943

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Jerome Silbiger and Dorothy Silbiger

One letter from Les Maddow to Richard Jerome Silbiger and Dorothy Silbiger dated July 13, 1943. Les writes he is glad that Richard got the post as a clerk as that means Dorothy can live with him in Tampa. Les has been sent to Rhode Island as a part of ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) and is learning math, physics, chemistry, English, history, geography, and military government. The best part is Rhode Island is only three and a half hours from New York, so he is able to go home nearly every weekend. This letter is written on Camp Murphy, Florida stationary, but is written in Kingston,…

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21 October 1943

Maddow, Les, fl. 1943

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Jerome Silbiger

One letter from Les Maddow to Richard Jerome Silbiger, dated October 21, 1943. Les congratulates Richard for joining the aviation cadets, and that he is to start basic tomorrow. He is taking analytics, geometry, physics, chemistry, history, geography, and English classes at the college. He is not sure why the Army sent them to school unless they plan to use them after the war, but he is not complaining. He gets to go home to New York every weekend. The program takes twenty one months, and at the end he will get college credit for the classes. A mutual friend "Smiley" arrived with 300 other…

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