1944-1945 – Two letters from a wounded World War II soldier who would go on to serve with distinction in the House of Representatives until he self-destructed overnight by drunkenly defending a dancer’s honor in a Florida strip club
France and Germany: 1944-1945. Envelope or Cover. These two letters were sent to a friend back home by J. Herbert Burke, an army officer assigned to the 90th Division who had landed in Normandy been wounded during the breakout through the German defenses at Saint-Lo based upon the content in..... More