Key Search Words: WWII Letters, Lincoln Nebraska, New Guinea, Loudon, Gregg from 800 block Bradfield drive, Lincoln Nebraska, malaria, honey moon, love letter, Gary Cooper in Australia, former President Hoover, Margarets mother,
Captain John Ralph Loudon M.D. was stationed in the 116th Field Hospital in the Pacific during World War II. Over 1,000 letters, photographs and other documents have been saved from his time served. These are samples from those archives. New posts will be made frequently. This will be in chronologic order so you can follow along. Blog created by John Ralph Loudon's grandson and great-grandchildren Andy Sherrick, John Loudon Sherrick and Anne Sherrick from Springfield Illinois.
Showing posts with label From: Captain John R Loudon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label From: Captain John R Loudon. Show all posts
November 13, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII Love Letters from New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Loudon, Button from a uniform of Japanese marine Tiger Division, Tom Merar, Major Westly, Captain Hopkins,
November 12, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII letters from New Guinea, 116th Station Hospital, Loudon, Major Tom Merar, Major Conway, Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton in "I Dood It"
November 11, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII Letters to children, New Guinea, Armistice Day, coins, Button from uniform of Japanese marine from the Japanese Tiger Division.
November 8, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII Love Letters, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Happy Birthday, Coins, Dr. Olney, Evacuation Hospitals, Station Hospitals, General Hospitals, Shingwalk Village in Atkin MN, Japanese helmet, Hopkins.
November 6, 1943
Key Search Words: World War Two Letters from soldiers, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Loudon, Lincoln Nebraska, Australian Officers Club, Hopkins, Wyne, Red Cross, big events in the southwest Pacific.
November 7, 1943
Key Search Words: World War II Letters, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Birthday, Major Theadore Richard Failmezger, Hobby miniature railroads, Hugh Hopkins, "Action In North Atlantic"
November 5, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII letters from New Guinea, 116th Station Hospital, Loudon, "Murder On The Broadway", Major Westly.
November 3, 1943
Key SearchWords: WWII letters from the Pacific, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Loudon, Austrian Hospital, native villages "Teeth are stained red or brown from chewing beetle nut which gives them a narcotic drunk",
November 2, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII letters, Dr. John Ralph Loudon, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, banana plantation, Coconut, tapioca fields, Sago starch from sago palms, Captain Hopkins, Natives call children "piccaninny" and carry them on their back. New Guinea natives clothing and bathing.
November 1, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII Letters, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Loudon, Maynard, Jack White Kansas City, Olney, Oscar Osterlund, Captain Paul Wyne, Dr. Sanderson, Hugh Hopkins.
October 31, 1943 #2
Key search Words: WWII letters from the Pacific, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Captain Jacoby, Earl Harvey, Maynard Hoffman, coins, Major Westly. "The More The Merrier" again.
October 30, 1943 #2
Key Search Words: WWII, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Malaria wards, Lieutenant Mike Reagan, Maynard Hoffman, "American shore in '44, home alive by '45, in '46 will lick the Nips, by '47 will all be in heaven, '48 is too damned late"
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