Letter, 1945 June 5 (China) to Guy Lipscomb.

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Letter, 1945 June 5 (China) to Guy Lipscomb.

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Detailed, ten-page letter re Morgan's training and travels as a U.S. Army Air Pilot during World War II, with descriptions of locations throughout the United States, India and Asia. Morgan reports that he had taken a surveyor's test and been assigned to the engineers at Geiger Field near Spokane, Wash. He completed basic, advanced, and operational training and construction foreman school before shipping out from southern California. Crossing the equator twice en route to India, Morgan then journeyed by train across India and Assam. His first job in Burma was to set up air corps headquarters in a town devastated by siege. In early 1945, the engineers moved on to another town and began anew the task of rebuilding. While at the second location, renowned soprano Lily Pons and her husband, pianist and conductor Andre Kostelanetz, appeared in concert. Morgan and his truck caravan crossed into China where he reported, "It was not until we approached a large city at the end of the first leg of our journey that we first saw a ricksha[w] or a sedan chair," with comments on the rugged conditions, including food and lodging, sickness, payment in U.S. dollars, noting his approval of the post, "We don't have such a bad deal here," with a softball league, post office, movies three nights a week, and showers fed by clean, trucked in water.

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Pons, Lily, 1898-1976

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Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898–February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Met...

Kostelanetz, André, 1901-1980

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André Kostelanetz (1901-1980) was born in Russia and studied in Petrograd before coming to the USA. He became a successful conductor and arranger, and in 1930 was engaged as conductor for the CBS radio network, beginning a long association with broadcasting and film work. He is credited with popularizing classical music. He made many successful arrangements of light music, using heavily concentrated instrumental sonorities, and his orchestrations had a direct influence on film music of the time...

Morgan, Rufus, 1918-2001.

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Veteran of World War II; attended University of South Carolina; the U.S. Veteran's Gravesites resource identifies Talmadge Rufus Morgan (1918-2001) of Sumter, S.C., as a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II; Morgan's year of birth places him in the same cohort as Guy Fleming Lipscomb, Jr. (1917-2009). From the description of Letter, 1945 June 5 (China) to Guy Lipscomb. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 717567111 ...