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Officers' Mess 2 October 1945
Lt. Tillman J. Gressitt attendance to Officer's Mess Receipt, Tickets, and Calendar from Officer's Mess Rosecrans Field, St. Joseph, MO 2 October 1945.
Letter: Tillman Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, December 21st, 1944.
Letter from Tillman Gressitt to Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Gressitt while stationed in Italy.
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, Date Unknown.
This letter from Tillman Gressitt describes some of the hardships that soldiers encountered while stationed. Gressitt states that a severe windstorm knocked down several soldiers’ houses, movie houses, and windows. Many soldiers relied on the mail…
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, St. Joseph, Missouri, October 2, 1945.
Handwritten letter home from Tillman to his parents about what he would like to do in the future and what universities that he is interested in going to upon his return.
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, Date Unknown.
handwritten letter on Red Cross stationary
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, September 7, 1945.
This was a letter mailed on September 7th, 1945 from Tillman J. Gressitt to his parents, Walter Gressitt and Maud Gressitt. In the letter, Tillman describes what some soldiers chose to do during their leisure time.
Letter: Tillman J. Gressitt to Walter and Maud Gressitt, Location Unknown, May 4, 1945.
A letter dated May 4th [1945] from Tillman J. Gressitt to his mother and father describing his unit as the war in Europe is winding down.
Photographic Portrait: Jose Fernandez
Private Jose Fernandez served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was born in 1916 in Spain and migrated to the United States where he became a citizen. He enlisted on October 10, 1941 at Fort Dix, several weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor.