Arnold and Newlin: Smoky Mountains 1967

Arnie and Newlin take the family camping in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains in the summer of 1967. 

black bear in the Smokies

black bear

Allan with Cherokee tribe member

Joel with Cherokee man

Andrew with Cherokee man

Newlin washing Eric on the table

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Arnold's Story: March 26, 1944

A V-mail letter from Arnie's first cousin, Leslie Hastings Wolfe, Jr. (on his mother's side). Sgt. Les Wolfe was a tail-gunner in Italy during World War II. The letter was posted on March 26, 1944, but mailed to Arnie's former North Carolina address and then forwarded up to Yale University, where Arnie received it at the end of April. (Cousin Les died in August 3 of that year on his return to the U.S., when the plane he was taking crashed on takeoff from Miami.)

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Arnold's Story: February 6, 1944

February 6, 1944, letter from Arnie Nevis to his family in Glendale. Arnie is in Seymour Johnson Field (now an air force base), North Carolina, having recovered from a recent illness in the hospital, possibly the mumps.

Cadet Services No. 4 "Men Unashamed to Pray" February 6, 1944, cover

Arnold Hastings Nevis

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Leonard's Story: August 19, 1944

In this V-Mail letter, we see Leonard is the censor. (I don't know what the '18' is at the bottom of the v-mail.)

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          TO LT Arnold H. Nevis              FROM  Lt. L J Nevis

                Unit 3510                                        APO 45751

                TS-Yale Univ.                                  c/o Postmaster

                 New Haven, Conn.                         San Francisco, Calif.

        LJNevis

[CENSOR'S STAMP]     SEE INSTRUCTION NO. 2         (Sender's complete address above)

Dear Arnold                                         19 Aug 44

     Please forgive me if you are now a Lieut. and if so congratulations

of the highest order. Well I am now on an island, somewhere in the

Pacific. The weather is hot and humid, it reminds me of North Carolina

in July. It really knows how to rain here, it feels like you were

under Boulder Dam and the bottom fell out. I can hardly wait for the

rainy season to start.

     The more I see around here the more I wonder why I tried so hard

to go overseas. Of course I am disappointed that I did'nt get to go the

other way, but I guess things are not to hot over there either. So

don't get rash and attempt to jump on a boat. You'll see what it is

like soon enough. Besides the more training you get the better off

your men and you will be.

     Write and let me know what you are doing now, and just becaus e

you don't receive an answer, don't let it stop youfrom writing another

letter. I don't know when I will be able to mail another letter.

     I have'nt received any mail since I left, and if I keep moving

about I don't know when it will catch up with me. You might include

news of Flavell, Fischer, and some of the other fellows from home.

And say hello to them if you see any of them.

                                        Love

                                           Leonard

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