Description

Leap expresses to Dorsey that he would like to trade places with him. Just so he could be back home for a while. He was able to get out of Virginia for a few weeks to Rhode Island but is now back. He explains to Dorsey all the continuing changes, men coming in and going out. Then he explains the lengthy list of duties they are expected to perform. He would prefer at least one group of continuous men. He is sending some literature for him to read. This letter is part of a large group of letter written to or by Jesse G. Dorsey during World War II. Dorsey ran the community house for the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. Being a veteran of World War I, he knew the value of providing support to the troops. He wrote letters and sent the company newsletter (Speedometer) to several hundred service men and women during the war. The community house also hosted weekend parties for soldiers from Fort Knox, Kentucky during the war.

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Charlestown-Clark County Public Library

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Indiana Memory