At a yard estate sale I rescued dozens of WWII letters from a military locker that someone else had purchased. He didn’t want to keep the letters & the sellers were going to dump them. They were love letters between a captain and his wife, from 1942 to 1945.
They are now in the Library of Congress.
I remember seeing a story about a guy who was in an antique shop picking through some WWII letters when he came across a packet with his own name on them.
Turned out they were love letters between his now deceased parents that had been overlooked when relatives cleared out the couple’s home. Can’t remember the details now.
Anyway, the seller would not take any money from the guy for the letters. Nice story.
Thanks for your part in saving our history!!
Now that is cool..
We just moved and I found a box of negatives and some military orders and engraved brass calling card plates from the Army Officer who once lived here. Kind of cool stuff.
That is so wonderful! Saving them for posterity! Ya done good!