BIB_ID
381011
Accession number
MA 5026.123
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Wednesday" [1943 Mar. 24].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 West 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pfc. John Cheever 32332516 / Co. "E" 22nd Inf. U.S. Army, / APO #4 / Camp Gordon, Ga."; place of writing is based on return address.
Envelope with postmark and "Mar. 25, 1943," a Thursday; this letter was written the Wednesday before, Mar. 24, 1943.
Part of a large collection of letters from John Cheever to his wife, Mary Cheever. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 5026 for details.
Envelope with postmark and "Mar. 25, 1943," a Thursday; this letter was written the Wednesday before, Mar. 24, 1943.
Part of a large collection of letters from John Cheever to his wife, Mary Cheever. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 5026 for details.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Writing, "This afternoon we got into holes and let tanks run over us ... then after that we went out and crawled around under machine-gun fire"; reporting that their "best lieutenant ... is leaving for overseas combat duty on Sunday"; telling her he will "call [her] at [their] new telephone number on Sunday."
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