Albert Starke Drischell collection 1943-1945 Drischell, Albert Starke collection

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Albert Starke Drischell collection 1943-1945 Drischell, Albert Starke collection

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This collection consists of over 300 letters that Private Albert Starke Drischell wrote to his family in Baldwin, New York, while serving in the United States Army during World War II. The collection also contains letters and postcards that Drischell received during his military service. Drischell wrote about his experiences while training in various camps, participating in an educational program, working with army theatrical groups in the United States and England, and serving in Germany during the last months of the war and the first months of the occupation.

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