Letters to Hennessey, Oklahoma
Title
Letters to Hennessey, Oklahoma
Description
Hazel Hobbs collected and preserved all her sons' wartime correspondence. Letters from Charles L. Hobbs and Dean Kelley Hobbs were collected in a duffel bag under a stairway closet at the Hobbs ranch. In the 1990s, Michael Hobbs arranged the letters in chronological order.
Collection Items
1947/08/12
Kathleen Cain Hobbs describes drive back from New Jersey to Hennessey, OK. Mentions pulling trailer and her son, Michael Hobbs. Postmarked East Canton, OH
1945/03/21
CLH is personnel coordinator, although he still flies. Address is "4151 AAF B.U. Red Bank, NJ." Three days before wedding.
1945/03/06
"Electronics Lab"; works with "ground specialists in electronics and they don't exactly need me in their organization"; making up lists of spare parts for radios; mentions Winogene Stewart Kenshalo and her first husband, Johnny.
