January 17, 1943. Letter from Louise Battista to Leona Badia, née De Nardo

January 17, 1943. Letter from Louise Battista to Leona Badia, née De Nardo

Italian-American, 1943

Louise apologizes for not answering her mail promptly. She points out that her sister writes to 10 men in the service and that she only writes to 5. One of them had gone overseas and she had not heard form in 2 months. When she encountered his mother she learned "he was over". She asks Leona how her Christmas was. Louise's family did not get a tree. Her brother is gone. Her mother cried all day.

Louise Battista

Badia Family Collection

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

1943-01-17

Federico Tiberini, Vincenza Iadevaia, Viviana PezzulloFederico Tiberini, Vincenza Iadevaia, Viviana Pezzullo

Patricia Badia-Johnson

Paper

en

Letter

Detroit, US-MI