Letter from William H. Ross, 1943:

Ross would like to be placed on the mailing list for the Aztec News Letter. He sends what news he knows of Barney and Mrs. Carmen, "Bud" and Betty Forbes Thompson, and Ed "Buzz" Smythe. He himself "just had a change of billet, and am now the supply officer on the USS Pleiade...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ross, William H. (author), Post, Lauren (Recipient)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1943
Subjects:
World War II > Correspondence
Carman
Barney R
Forbes
Betty
Smythe
Edmond
Thompson
Bud
George
United States Naval Reserve
United States Navy
USS Pleiades (AK-46)
Pleiades
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:61746
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Summary:Ross would like to be placed on the mailing list for the Aztec News Letter. He sends what news he knows of Barney and Mrs. Carmen, "Bud" and Betty Forbes Thompson, and Ed "Buzz" Smythe. He himself "just had a change of billet, and am now the supply officer on the USS Pleiades, a naval supply ship." His ship was at Boston on March 18, and was at this time making supply runs to Iceland and the United Kingdom. Lauren C. Post Box 4, Folder 6; http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/130046.htm; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pleiades_(AK-46) seen 6/17/2015. This ship has a history of its own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania abandoned by Carol II on his way to exile in Mexico, then Portugal. On March 18 the ship was on Broad Sound, Boston, Mass. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/ak46.htm

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