July 12, 1943. Letter from Leona Badia, née De Nardo to Danny Badia

July 12, 1943. Letter from Leona Badia, née De Nardo to Danny Badia

Italian-American, 1943

Leona has not received any mail from Danny for three days, but she read his letter at his mom's house She talks about the weather at home and asks about his weather. She updates on Gracie and Jeanette whose husband was put in the 7th Service and will never have to go overseas due to his bad feet. Emilio was rejected because they must have found a bone out of place. His ex brother-in-law is a master sergeant. and is going overseas soon. She tells about the employee dissatisfaction at Packard for switching to 10 hour shifts and instituting pay cuts. She complains about her work schedule realizing that civilians should not gripe considering what poor soldiers have to go through. She expresses her love and missing him.

Leona Badia, née De Nardo

Badia Family Collection

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

1943-07-12

Nicoletta Sorice

Patricia Badia-Johnson

Paper

en

Letter

Detroit, US-MI