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January 22, 1943
December 2, 1943
December 19, 1943
January 10, 1944
January 30, 1944
March 28, 1944
April 5, 1944
April 22, 1944
May 31, 1944
June 25, 1944
June 26, 1944
July 5, 1944
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July 26, 1944
August 31, 1944
October 3, 1944
October 26, 1944
October 27, 1944
November 29, 1944
December 14, 1944
December 21, 1944
February 13, 1945
February 21, 1945
May 7, 1945
July 26, 1945
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Miguel Booker was born on January 29, 1925 in Venezuela and moved to the United States when he was nine. According to an article in the Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune Newspaper, Mike lived in New York for a few months and then moved to Dayton, Washington. He entered the army on July 28, 1943. His early letters say that he was a Pfc stationed at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma in Company H of the 222 Infantry. By late April 1944 he was in Company M. After serving one year in the European theatre, he received his discharge in October, 1945. One interesting thing about his letters is that he often begins in English and adds a few sentences in Spanish. Several times the censors thought he was trying to get an advantage over them, by using Spanish. In one letter, Mike was very frustrated that the censor cut out his Spanish words although according to him the message was harmless. Mike Booker died on July 20, 2004 in Davenport, Washington at the age of 79.
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Mike Booker is on the left.
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