Box 1

Copies of writings, letter, Jamestown Army Service at Narragansett Bay 1941-1944

Fort Wetherell, 1943; Fort Getty, 1941; Fort Church, interview 2002; Fort Varnum 1945, from memory 1999.

James L. Rodgers letters to his parents in Brooklyn, NY, from the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; U.S. Naval Air Station in Olathe, KN; Cornell Unversity, during V-12 training, 1942-1943.

Letters to Phyllis Weidman, July 1945. Topics include his daily routine of camp life and plans for their wedding in September.

Correspondence, letters sent to his parents from Navy Pre-Flight School, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1942–1943, describing his training and daily routine; Letters to his fiancée, Phyllis Weidman from Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI, regarding his daily schedule, Anti-Aircraft School, Newport, RI and wedding plans, 1945. Photographs of J.L. Rodgers and Phyllis Weidman, 1945.

Letters to Phyllis Weidman, 9-23 Aug 1945

Copies of photographs; James L. Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1945

Correspondence, letters sent to Kenneth Lang's parents and a relative in Chicago from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL and Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 1944–1945. The letters describe his naval training, daily routine, work, boot camp, Bugle Corps, and feelings about naval service during WWII.