The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Letter, Page 1 – Lt. Bancroft to "Peg," Sangley Point, Philippines, 29 October 1951

Handwritten Letter, Page 1 – Lt. Bancroft to "Peg," Sangley Point, Philippines, 29 October 1951

A personal letter dated 29 October 1951 from a U.S. Navy patrol aviator to his wife, describing exhausting 12-to-14-hour patrol flights between Okinawa and Sangley Point Naval Station in the Philippines during the Korean War. Letters like this reveal the personal toll of extended overseas deployments on servicemen and their families. Project: 218095