The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 3
Drawn from the Margaroli family archive, these 1944 letters follow a B-24 Liberator belly gunner through Army Air Forces training at St. Petersburg, Florida, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and on to service overseas. Rainy barracks moves, bartered cigarettes, a chaplain's pre-mission prayer, and a few misfiled family snapshots show how personal and military records were kept side by side.
Handwritten Letter on Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Letterhead, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 1944
Handwritten Pencil Letter, 1944 Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection
Handwritten Letter, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 14 1943 - WWII B-24 Belly Gunner (Margaroli) Collection
Handwritten Wartime Letter Describing Barracks Move at Army Air Forces Training Base, 1944 (Margaroli Collection)
Handwritten Pencil Letter, Personal Correspondence (Margaroli Collection, WWII-Era Archive)
Handwritten Pencil Letter, Margaroli Family Correspondence (Misfiled)
Handwritten Letter Home, 'Dear Mom & Pop,' Sioux Falls Army Air Base, South Dakota, July 11, 1943
Handwritten Letter Describing a Barracks Birthday Celebration, WWII Airman's Correspondence
Handwritten Letter, 1944 - Correspondence of B-24 Belly Gunner Margaroli
Handwritten Letter Discussing Gunnery School Assignment, Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter Fragment — Personal Correspondence (Reverse/Page Scan)
WWII-era Envelope Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Margaroli, Auburn, California, 1944
Handwritten Letter from an Army Air Forces Trainee to His Family, Clearwater, Florida, January 23, 1943
Handwritten Letter Home from a WWII Army Air Forces Trainee, 1944 (Margaroli Collection)
Handwritten Letter on Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Letterhead, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1944 (Margaroli Correspondence)
Handwritten Home-Front Letter Describing Farm Labor, Soda Springs, Idaho Area, 1944
Handwritten Letter on U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Letterhead, St. Petersburg, Florida — 1944
Handwritten Letter Page, 1944 — WWII Personal Correspondence, Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection
WWII Censored Mail Envelope, Cpl. John J. Margaroli, 464th Bomb Group, 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter, 'Dear Mom, Pop & Marcella,' Dated November 2 (Thursday), Referencing APO Mail Forwarding
Handwritten Personal Letter, WWII B-24 Liberator Airman's Correspondence, 1944
Handwritten Letter Page, WWII Airman Correspondence, 1944 (Margaroli Collection)
Handwritten Letter Page, Undated (Filed with 1944 B-24 Belly Gunner Materials, 'Margaroli' Collection)
WWII Censored Mail Envelope, Cpl. John C. Margaroli, 778th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, November 1944
Handwritten Letter Home from WWII B-24 Airman, 'Nov 18, Sat.' (Margaroli Collection, 1944)
Handwritten WWII Letter, 1944 -- Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Correspondence Collection
Handwritten Letter Home from Servicemen in Italy, 1944 — Margaroli Collection
Censored WWII V-Mail/Airmail Envelope, 778th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bombardment Group (H)
Handwritten Letter from Margaroli (B-24 Belly Gunner) to Family, 'Nov 26, Sunday,' 1944
Handwritten Wartime Letter Discussing Tuffa Block Construction and 'Mission Notes,' WWII B-24 Crewman Correspondence, circa 1944
Handwritten Letter Page, 1944 — Margaroli, B-24 Belly Gunner Correspondence
Handwritten WWII Letter (Reverse/Continuation Page), Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
WWII Envelope from Army Technical School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Addressed to the Margaroli Family, Auburn, California
WWII Letter Home from Army Air Forces Technical Training Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 14, 1943
Handwritten Wartime Letter, WWII Army Air Forces Trainee, 1944 (Margaroli Collection)
Handwritten Letter on Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Letterhead, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, WWII (Margaroli Correspondence)
Handwritten Letter from "John" to "Mom & Pop," Margaroli B-24 Belly Gunner Collection, 1944
Portrait of a Young Girl in Orange Sunsuit, Margaroli Family Collection
Family Portrait Outdoors, Pre-War Era - Margaroli Family Archive
Home Front Portrait of a Young Woman, 1944, Margaroli Family Collection (WWII B-24 Belly Gunner)
Young Woman in Floral Party Dress on Residential Sidewalk, Late 1950s/Early 1960s (Content Mismatch with Filed Collection)
Snapshot of a Toddler on a Pebble Beach, Family Photo Album (Mislabeled WWII Folder)
Snapshot of a Young Child in a Rural Yard, circa 1944
Childhood Portrait of Margaroli, Later a WWII B-24 Belly Gunner
Men Operating a Clamshell Dredge Bucket in a Drainage Channel (Non-Aviation Photograph, Margaroli Collection)
Airman on Home Leave with Young Boy, WWII Era (Margaroli Collection)
Portrait of a Young Girl in Camp Blazer, Mid-20th Century (Misfiled Personal Photograph)
Boys Diving from a Steel Truss Bridge into a River, Mid-20th Century Snapshot
Group Portrait of Women and Nuns Seated on a Couch, Indoor Social Gathering
