Name/Title
Letter - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked Sep 15, 1943 | 3:00-PM)Entry/Object ID
2024.289.47Description
Letter - Robert Milner Bear to Mom, Mrs. John L. Bear (Postmarked Sep 15, 1943 | 3:00-PM)
Postmark on envelope reads: US Navy, Sep. 15, 1943 | 3:00PM
There is no stamp but envelope does have the remains of an orange embossed Air Mail stamp with postmark waves over it. Only half is reaming due to the envelope being opened on the side.
Around the outside of the envelope, all the way around, is red, white, and blue stitching/banner signifying air mail.
Return address on envelope is:
Robert M. Bear C.M. 3/c
Batt. 129 Hdqs. Co. C&D
Camp Peary, VA.
Send to address is:
Mrs. John L. Bear
475 W. Hill St.
Wabash, Ind
Letter is written on plain white paper. At the top is letterhead showing the emblem of the SeaBees (a flying bumblebee shooting a machine gun). Around the emblem in a circle is a rope and in behind everything are crossed anchors. Underneath it reads U.S. Naval Construction Training Center, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Paper is hand written and one page in length. Written on both sides.
