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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2014.127.

Preferred Citation

Camp Roberts (Ca.) Congratulatory Notes, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Contains a selection of brief handwritten notes from numerous United States Army soldiers undergoing basic training at Camp Roberts, California. They are all written to a fellow soldier at Camp Roberts. Many name the recipient as "Bob." Written during October of 1943, the letters are informal and consist of reminiscences and well-wishes, as the soldiers were about to graduate and go their separate ways.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Basic training (Military education)
• World War, 1939-1945--United States--Regimental Histories
• World War, 1939-1945--War work--California