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

Envelope or Cover

1945 · France and Germany

by J. Herbert Burke
France and Germany, 1945. Envelope or Cover. Very good. 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 one of them. As a result, Burke received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart medal. Both are in nice shape.

The earlier letter, dated 31 August 1944, is a photographic V-Mail message bearing a U.S. Postal Service No. 3 machine postmark. It was written while Burke was still recovering in the hospital; the other, a regular letter, was written a year later (truncated)
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Virginia Beach, VA 23454
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Specializing in Unique Americana, that is, we keep a selection of personal narratives such as diaries, work journals, correspondence collections, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and similar items that shed light on some aspect of North American life, culture, or society. Additionally, we always have a nice selection of philatelic material (primarily postal history) and other paper ephemera.
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