Leslie Oscar Evans "Letters to Home"

Letters written to the folks back home were saved by Evans' mother,
and excerpts can be read here, along with viewable photos (click the links)
- all pics are from Oscar's personal scrapbook.


June 20 / June 23
June 24 / June 25
June 28 / June 30
July 2 / July 5
July 7 / July 11
July 21 / July 23
July 26 / Aug 3
Aug 7 / Aug 9
Aug 15 / Aug 20
Aug 22 / Aug 29
Sept 2 / Sept 5
Sept 6 / Sept 8
Sept 10 / Sept 15
Sept 18 / Sept 20
Sept 20 / Sept 27
Sept 29 / Oct 3
Oct 9 / Oct 11
Oct 14 / Oct 16
Oct 18 / Oct 26
Nov 4 / Nov 19
 


Aug 9, 1945
...I've been listening to the radio & from all reports we'll be on our way home soon. Say I guess you've read in the papers about the 13th being moved to Okinawa. May be the war will be over before they can move.
Say about this bomb it is really unbelievable isn't it? Guess people are moving out of East Tenn in high gear. HA HA. How about that for a big deal. I'll have to get me a job there after the war. Its even too big to think about but I guess they can control it. Looks like we hold the big stick now. Russia has declared war on Japan. Good idea now that we have the big bomb. Guess there's a great stir over the whole thing. Every body is talking about it over here.
I'm in the club now drinking coffee. Really like it now. I'm going to be a little diff. In my eating habits when I get home. You can just start cooking right now...