Ryon, John W. - Correspondence April - August 1948

Name/Title

Ryon, John W. - Correspondence April - August 1948

Entry/Object ID

2018.262.019

Scope and Content

A collection of letters sent to John "Jackie" Ryon from April to August of 1948. These letters are from his friends and his family including Barbara Aiello, Nancy Sicilian, his sisters Ann and Marilyn and his mother. Letters from his mother always include news of baseball and usually some newspaper clippings. The last letter in this folder includes the announcement of his joining the United States Army Air Corps, and going to basic training at Lockland Air Base in San Antonio, Texas. Also included in this collection is John's results of an intelligence test administered by New London Junior College.

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