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January 16, 1942
November 4, 1942
September 23, 1942
November 29, 1942
February 16, 1943
March 24, 1943
May 6, 1943
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June 13, 1943
June 16, 1943
June 17, 1943
June 19, 1943
September 30, 1943
October 3, 1943
October 5, 1943
October 6, 1943
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October 11, 1943
February 2, 1944
March 31, 1944
April 2, 1944
August 1, 1944
September 7, 1944
September 9, 1944
September 12, 1944
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Joseph Gorlich was born on September 14, 1917 to Herman and Agnes Gorlick of Chicago, Illinois. On February 16, 1943 Joe Gorlich was at Camp Swift, Texas as part of the Co A 788th M. P. Bn. He writes many of his letters to his mother Agnes in Chicago. After spending several months in training at Camp Swift, Texas, he was sent overseas to serve in Iran. Some of the letters in the collection were written by Joe's father, who in 1942 was in the hospital with a tumor in his throat. On August 1, 1944, Joe asked his mother to send him "a camera that will take 16 pictures on a roll of 127 film." He also mentions that he saw a movie that night and that "It's a good thing we have shows to help us forget for a while where we are."
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