The Snapshots in Time Collection
Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon (Camp Roberts, CA) to Miss Marianne Sammet (Richmond, CA), Postmarked September 7, 1945
This envelope, postmarked at Camp Roberts, California on September 7, 1945 -- just weeks after Japan's surrender -- carries a letter from a soldier identified as Pvt. Ross Moon to Miss Marianne Sammet of Richmond, California. Personal correspondence like this offers a window into the home-front and training-camp experience of American servicemen and their loved ones during and immediately after the war, preserved here as part of a larger collection of wartime letters. Project: 218344