The shoe boxes filled with my parent’s World War II letters sat in my basement, my inheritance and guilt trip from my mother. Second world war Letters from D-day Thu 27 May 2004 22.01 EDT First published on Thu 27 May 2004 22.01 EDT. Make sure you are at the Esearch "Advanced" search screen. The British Army Postal Service delivered around 2 billion letters during the war. III. On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. Published collections of primary sources often contain a range of materials, such as diary entries, government documents, newspaper articles, speeches, and photographs. During the First World War, letter writing was the main form of communication between soldiers and their loved ones, helping to ease the pain of separation. Previous Section Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s; World War II Fort Belvoir,Virginia, 1941 Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. Primary Sources -- World War II Diaries/Memoirs/Letters Search this website Search. For example, Ken Burns' documentary of the Civil War is a secondary source for Civil War researchers, but a primary source for those studying documentary filmmaking. World War II saw a greater than ever emphasis on the importance of technology. Primary Source Collections; Official Documents; Diaries/Memoirs/Letters. ... therefore I want to write this letter now while I am yet able. To find collections of primary sources on a topic in the EMU Library's Esearch system: 1. A Collection of Primary Sources Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project During WW II approximately 400,000 women, including 5,000 African American women, volunteered in the military and related service organizations, including the American Red Cross and the American Women’s Voluntary Services. Letters to and from the front lines were a lifeline for service men and women fighting in World War II. Updated April 14, 2007. Wartime Research and Development. Primary Sources -- World War II. Second World War returned from war on 15 November 1948 Transcript Dear Mr Hunt, Thanks very much for your letter which I received a week or two ago, also for the magazine. We are in the trenches just now. All of the countries involved raced to develop superior technology, and the U.S. federal government established several top secret research programs that proved vital in the war, the best known of which was the Los Alamos laboratories. Dog Tags Yapping: The World War II Letters of a Combat GI By M. D. Elevitch Southern Illinois University Press, 2003 PS PRIMARY SOURCE A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides first-hand or direct evidence on a topic. In fact we seem to spend about three times as much time in as we do out. Primary Documents relating to World War II. ... Search by Subject for World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives. In 1917 alone, over 19,000 mailbags crossed the … Mom’s been gone since April of 2015, and the boxes remained unopened for over three years. PRIMARY DOCUMENTS The Avalon Project: World War II Documents Documents For The Study Of American History - check out the sections on "Between the Wars" as well as the WWII section. She often told me that when she died, I would have the privilege of reading them. Also we are in a pretty warm spot, it HyperWar: Diplomatic and Political Documents of WWII 2.