The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Free-franked envelopes and handwritten pages from the Moon/Sammiet collection follow Pvt. Ross Moon's letters home from Camp Roberts, California, through the summer and early autumn of 1945. Mess hall duty, training hikes, and a letter written the day news of "the new bomb" reached the radio place ordinary lives beside the war's closing weeks.
Handwritten Personal Letter, WWII-Era Sweetheart Correspondence (Moon Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten Letter, Page 2, "Dearest Rose" - WWII-Era Personal Correspondence (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten Wartime Love Letter from Marianne, 'MOON' Correspondence Collection
WWII Free-Mail Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon, Co. C, 80th Infantry, Camp Roberts, California, to Miss Marianne Sammiet, Richmond, California, July 1945
Handwritten Wartime Letter to 'Marianne,' Dated July 24, Describing Military Training (WWII Letters, Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten Personal Letter, Page from the Moon Sammiet WWII Correspondence Collection
Handwritten Personal Letter, Closing Page, Signed 'Ross' - WWII-Era Correspondence, Moon/Sammiet Family Papers
WWII Military Mail Envelope, Pvt. Ron Moon to Miss Marianne Sammet, Camp Roberts, California, 1945
Handwritten Wartime Letter to 'Dearest Marianne,' July 25 - Moon Correspondence Collection
Handwritten Letter Closing, "Moon" WWII Correspondence Collection
WWII Military Mail Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon to Miss Marianne Sammet, Camp Roberts, California, August 1945
Handwritten Letter to "Marianne" on U.S. Army Letterhead, Dated August 3, 1945
Handwritten WWII-Era Letter Page - Closing Section, Moon/Sammiet Correspondence
WWII-Era Envelope from Stanford University S.C.U. 3905 to Pvt. Ross L. Moon at Camp Roberts, California, August 7, 1945
Reverse of WWII-Era Correspondence Envelope with Handwritten Note, Moon/Sammiet Collection
Handwritten Letter on Stanford University Letterhead, Dated August 6, 1945
Handwritten Letter from "Big Dave" at Stanford University, Moon Sammiet WWII Letters Collection
WWII Military Mail Envelope, Camp Roberts, California, August 1945 (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten U.S. Army Letter to 'Dearest Marianne,' Dated 6 August 1945 (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten Personal Letter, WWII Letters Collection (Moon/Sammiet)
Handwritten Letter Dated 6 August 1945 Referencing 'The New Bomb' (Hiroshima) — MOON Family Correspondence
Handwritten Letter, Closing Page - Russ Moon to Sweetheart, WWII-Era Personal Correspondence
WWII Military Mail Envelope, Camp Roberts, California, August 17, 1945
Handwritten WWII Letter, August 13, 1945 - "Dearest Maxanne" - Moon/Sammiet Correspondence
WWII-Era Handwritten Personal Letter, Moon/Sammiet Correspondence Collection
Handwritten Letter to 'Dear Ross,' Dated July 30, 1945, on Floral Stationery (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Blank Reverse Side of WWII-Era Personal Letter with Bleed-Through Text and Floral Watermark
Handwritten Letter from 'Marianne' — WWII-Era Personal Correspondence (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
WWII Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon, Camp Roberts, California, Forwarded to Harvest Camp, Ukiah, August 1945
Reverse of Mailed Envelope with Richmond, California Postmark, August 22, 1946 — Moon/Sammiet Correspondence Archive
Handwritten Letter from Camp Roberts, California, Dated October 15, 1945
Handwritten WWII Soldier's Letter, Pvt. Harold G. Oden, Camp Roberts, California
WWII Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon, Camp Roberts, California, 1945
Handwritten Letter to "Dear Marianne" Describing Mess Hall Duty (Moon/Sammiet Family Correspondence)
Handwritten WWII Letter Page - Sammiet Moon Correspondence, Food and Rations
Handwritten Letter Page Referencing Watermelon and Family Greetings, WWII-Era 'Moon' Correspondence
Handwritten Love Letter with Parachutist Sketch, WWII Era
WWII Postal Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon to Miss Marianne Sommet, Camp Roberts, California, August 28, 1945
Handwritten Personal Letter on US Army Letterhead, Addressed 'Dearest Marianne,' Dated August 26
Handwritten WWII-Era Personal Letter on U.S. Army Stationery, Moon/Sammiet Collection
WWII Era Mailed Envelope, Pvt. Ross L. Moon, Camp Roberts, California, to Miss Sammett, El Cerrito, California (1945)
Handwritten Army Letter to 'Dearest Marianne,' Dated Wednesday, August 29 (Moon/Sammiet Collection)
Handwritten Letter Page: 'A Physical Wreck Tonight' — Moon-Sammiet Collection
Handwritten WWII-Era Letter Page, 'Moon' Correspondence Collection (Page 092)
Handwritten WWII-Era Love Letter Page, Moon-Sammiet Correspondence
WWII Military Mail Envelope — Pvt. Ross Moon, Camp Roberts, California to Miss Marianne Sammiet, September 1945
Handwritten U.S. Army Letter Dated September 5, 1945, Addressed to 'Dearest Marianne'
Handwritten WWII-Era Personal Letter on U.S. Army Stationery
