The Snapshots in Time Collection

World War II Correspondence Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon, Camp Roberts, California, July 1945

World War II Correspondence Envelope, Pvt. Ross Moon, Camp Roberts, California, July 1945

This handwritten envelope, postmarked at Camp Roberts, California in July 1945, was sent by a soldier identified as Pvt. Ross Moon of Company C to Miss M. Sammet of Richmond, California. Camp Roberts served as a major U.S. Army infantry replacement training center during World War II. Personal wartime correspondence such as this offers an intimate counterpoint to official military photography, documenting the human relationships sustained across distance during the war's final months. Project: 218345