7 V-mail letters

Author

Bringing War Home

Files

Description

Handmade letters were sent from Roderick Red Elk while deployed in Europe in 1945. Participant ID 00019, Object ID 00050.

Keywords

Official, Military

Collection Site

Hill Aerospace Museum

Object Story

The participant's older brother, Roderick Red Elk, wrote victory letters to his family towards the end of WWII in 1945. Roderick had been one of the seventeen Comanche Code Talkers recruited by the U.S. Army. Due to the nature of his mission, he was unable to share information regarding his training but could share personal stories in a limited capacity.

Copyright

CC-BY-NC

Collection Date

4-16-2022

War Era

WWII

Recommended Citation

Bringing War Home, "7 V-mail letters" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 62.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/62