Name/Title
Letter - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked Mar. 21, 1944)Entry/Object ID
2024.289.83Description
Letter - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked Mar. 21, 1944)
Postmark on envelope reads: US Navy, Mar. 21, 1944
Red 6¢ Air Mail stamp in the top right. Picture on the stamp is of a DC3 in flight from in front and below showing part of this front and underside. Across the bottom of the stamp it reads: United States Postage. Right above that is Air 6¢ Mail with cents written below the number six.
In lower left corner of envelope is a circle ink stamp reading: Passed by Naval Censor with the censor's initials inside the ink stamp circle.
Return Address:
Robert M. Bear, CM 3/c
129th N.C.B., HDQ, 2-
C/o Fleet P.O.
San Francisco, Calif.
Addressed to:
Mrs. John L. Bear
475 W. Hill St.
Wabash, Indiana
Letter is written on lightweight stationary. At the top of the stationary on the left side is "Seabees. Next to this to the right is the Seabee mascot (the flying Bumblebee with machine gun, hammer and wrench) and finally on the right it reads:
Naval Advance Base Depot
Camp Thomas
Davisville, R.I.
It is hand written, unlined and one page in length and written on both sides
