Potato Peeling
Wartime Humour
This newspaper cartoon shows two women being supervised by an official while they peel potatoes, presumably for the war effort. The women comment on their work and how it might affect their future.
E. Simms Campbell
1945
"Did you miss me, Johnny?"
Johnny added handwritten notes to this newspaper clipping about returning soldiers. Probably cut from Yank, the Army's weekly publication.
Irwin Caplan
April 6, 1943
Letter from John Waller to Geraldine Rowbottom, sent from Buffalo, N.Y. to Sarnia, Ontario. Post stamped April 8, 1943.
John C. Waller
1943-04-06
December 8, 1943
Letter from John Waller to Geraldine Rowbottom, sent from New Orleans, Louisiana to Sarnia, Ontario. Post stamped December 11, 1943. This is the first letter from Waller after his recruitment to the United States Army. He lists his post as Company B, 717th Railway Operating Battalion, Army Services Forces.
John C. Waller
1943-12-08
December 14, 1943
Letter from John Waller to Geraldine Rowbottom, sent from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Sarnia, Ontario. Post stamped December 17, 1943.
John C. Waller
1943-12-14
January 22, 1944
A letter from Johnny to Geraldine, written from a guardhouse at Fort Wayne, Indiana on January 22, 1944.
John C. Waller
1944-01-22
February 13, 1944
A letter from Johnny to Geraldine on February 13, describing his trip home to Buffalo.
John C. Waller
1944-02-13
January 14, 1945
Johnny wrote this letter during a run on the hospital train.
John C. Waller
1945-01-14
February 11, 1945
Johnny was writing this letter while on a run with his hospital train, and he talks mostly about photography, one of his passions.
John C. Waller
1945-02-11
June 3, 1944
A letter from Johnny to Geraldine written June 3, 1944, describing his Atlantic crossing and first impressions of Great Britain.
John C. Waller
1944-06-03