Name/Title
Forkes 1942/10/15 letterEntry/Object ID
2026.1020.39Description
Letter dated 10/15/42, and addressed to Harriet (Mrs. Carl Forkes). The back of each page is blank.
Envelope: sent on October 16, 1942, when the ship was in Norfolk, Virginia.Context
Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Torch,” the invasion of Northern Africa, on July 29, 1942. She departed Norfolk for Morocco on October 23, supported the landings from November 8 to November 15, and returned to the US on November 26, 1942.
Carl P.J. Forkes enlisted on December 17, 1941, and joined the crew of Battleship Texas on June 30, 1942 as a Sea2c. He became an EM3c in November 1942, advanced to EM2c on April 1, 1943, and transferred off the ship on June 2, 1943.
Ephriam Dickson was the executive director of Battleship Texas Foundation from June 1995 to February 1999. In addition to his duties, he conducted extensive research on and heavily collected items for the crew of Battleship Texas. He later donated his collection back to BTF.
Battleship Texas had her own post office. All mail passed through a censor before leaving the ship. Once the package is checked, it was stamped with a “U.S.S. TEXAS” stamp. If in a port, mail could carry the markers of the post office on shore.Collection
Donation (Ephriam D. Dickson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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