September 9, 1944. Letter from Danny Badia to Leona Badia, née De Nardo

Title

September 9, 1944. Letter from Danny Badia to Leona Badia, née De Nardo

Subject

Italian-American, 1944

Description

It's a quiet Sundat afternoon and they (she and baby) are well. She was on furlough in July. She was grateful and surprised when an older couple gave her a ride to 11:30 am mass. She had a nice visit with Rosina and Dom. Rosina's step-sister Mary got a visit from the 3 of them. Mary's husband is in England, in the Army Infrantry. She went shopping to one store for the baby and found nothing. She wants to know why he was still in the US training and not overseas as a cook. She is worried of about what he could be training for and his future assignment. She said she felt lonely when she heard the song: "Cleaning my rifle and thinking of you." He had mentioned in his last letter that song. It made her think of the last time they heard it together in Texas.

Creator

Danny Badia

Source

Badia Family Collection

Publisher

Italian Program, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature, Florida Atlantic University

Date

1944-09-09

Contributor

Domenica Diraviam & Viviana Pezzullo

Rights

Patricia Badia-Johnson

Format

Paper

Language

en

Type

Letter

Coverage

Fort Smith, US-AR

Citation

Danny Badia, “September 9, 1944. Letter from Danny Badia to Leona Badia, née De Nardo,” Italian-American Memories: Documentary Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://itamm.omeka.net/items/show/213.