Title: Letters from Bermuda
Description: During the fifteen months he was stationed in Bermuda Joe Phelps and his bride, Marge, exchanged over 500 letters. These letters reveal the great love and affection they had for each other despite the miles that separated them. They show their faith in God and country-- and the letters are a time capsule of what America was like in 1943 and 1944. Find out about Nicklelodeon dances, the Lux Radio Theater, hit movies, shoe stamps, The Inner Sanctum, jitterbugging, Camp Grant, knitten for Britain, Hopalong Cassidy and all the hot spots in Rockford, Illinois.
Subjects: Correspondence, American Personal narratives, Navy spouses, World War, 1939-1945, Sailors, Biography
Places: United States, Rockford, Bermuda Islands, Illinois
People: Joseph Phelps (1920-1996), Margaret Wieczorek Phelps (d. 1987)