Mitchell Weisberg Letters

The Mitchell Weisberg Letters include over 50 letters from Mitchell to his wife Gertrude and son Ronnie during his Army training and service in World War II. The letters document his time at Camp Fannin in Tyler, Texas in 1943 and his service in the European theater of World War II. The collection is organized by location. Weisberg spent a year in Tyler, Texas training at Camp Fannin and was later sent to Camp George Meade in Maryland to prepare for his time abroad. Each of these letters describe details about Weisberg’s daily routine at training camp. Once on the ground in Europe in 1944, he loosely titles each letter as "somewhere in France" or "somewhere in England." In England and France after the Allied invasion, Weisberg documents life at the various military bases he is stationed; the comings and goings of soldiers returning from war to the types of rations and supplies they were given on a regular basis. He wrote his last letter to Gertrude September 23rd, 1944 and ends the letter with a prayer to come home to see his wife and son. Mitchell Weisberg died in combat in Luxembourg on October 4th, 1944. This rich collection shows the perspective of a young man fighting for his country post D-Day and the affect the war had on American families.