| Digital Archive

Account:

Search DSpace

Letters to Connie Sleamon, August–October 1967

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Pernert, Fred
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-01T14:51:09Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-01T14:51:09Z
dc.date.issued 1967 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Fred Pernert Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/18404
dc.description.abstract First letter, undated, “My mother asks me if I wasn’t just a little scared about being so far north in Vietnam. I said ‘hell no, I’m sure I’ll make it because nothing could keep me from breaking a date with Connie.” “…lost all my laundry…being washed in a village…and the vc hit it and burned the place completely to the ground.” Bitten by a poisonous spider and takes months to get better. Talks of difficulty of preserving their relationship through letters. “I will say that you are not the only girl I exchange letters with, but be assured of one thing, I look forward to your letters more than any other.” Gets tape recorders so they can send tapes to each other. August “We are about to move into our new Mars Station…mud getting deep…” October 13 “…stupid army did yesterday…notified a guy’s wife that he had been killed in action which wasn’t true.” en_US
dc.description.abstract Letters written by Fred Pernert of the U.S. Army to his girlfriend and family while stationed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Fred lived in Holt, Michigan. His first name might be Maurice. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Soldiers' writings, American en_US
dc.subject.other Pernert, Fred--Correspondence
dc.subject.other Sleamon, Connie--Correspondence
dc.title Letters to Connie Sleamon, August–October 1967 en_US
dc.type Text en_US
dc.type.genre Letters (correspondence) en_US
dc.contributor.correspondent Sleamon, Connie
dc.date.digital 2013-06-18
dc.identifier.collectionId Mss. Acc. 2008.162 en_US
dc.identifier.archon 8246
dcterms.isPartOf Fred Pernert Papers en_US

Files in this item

Files Size Format View
Mss.2008.162_20130618_001.pdf 300.5Mb PDF Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record