[Homer_J_Simpson]

My father will remain assigned to the hospital until his discharge in April 1946 but this is the last letter in my collection we will read on the date written. The next one is dated October 19 – HJS.

Return address:

Ward 19 Section 5
Madigan General Hospital
Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

General at Front (Lawrence) – 2
General Buckner a West Pointer – 3
Truman Names 72 Army Officers To Be One to Three-Star Generals – 3
Rout on Okinawa (Moscow) – 4
Services Are Conducted for Our Dead on Okinawa (photo) – 5
Chinese Win Wenchow Port; Go 12 Miles Nearer Liuchow – 6-7
Australian Land Again Near Brunei – 7
North Luzon Push Gains 4 to 8 Miles – 8
Latest B-29 Blow Proves Effective – 8
War News Summarized – 8
A Million Cheer (White) – 9-10
Text of Eisenhower’s Speech to Congress – 10-11
Showers Forecast for Greeting Here – 11-13
Where to Go to See and Cheer General Eisenhower Today (map) – 12
Nazis Sneak Back to Aachen Homes – 13
General Eisenhower Returns to Receive Plaudits of Citizens and Lawmakers in the Nation’s Capital (photos) – 14-15
Soviet Says 15 Poles Admit Plot for a War on Russia – 15
Haw Haw Appears on Treason Charge – 16
Soviet Governor of Berlin Killed – 16
Delinquent Girls to Have New Home – 17
In the New Grecian Mode (w/photo) – 17
Chinese Reds to Boycott Chungking Council; Say Kuomintang Bars Democratic Reforms – 17
Miniature Rooms Nostalgic in Tone – 17
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 18

[Tainan]

A touching memento.

[PeterPrinciple]

General Buckner’s Mint Julep recipe

http://rememberthedeadeyes.com/AGenBuckner/MintJulepsGenBuckner.pdf