Arnold's Story: June 18, 1944

The Nevis family correspondence shows that sometimes letters to one person were occasionally forwarded to another. This one is written to Leonard, who was fighting in the Philippines, then forwarded to Arnold, who was still in communications training in Connecticut. 

Aunt Belle was Arnold and Leonard's paternal aunt Belle Nevis Bettancourt (Isabelle or Isabel or Bella). Alvin is her son, so their older cousin by some ten years.

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Arnold's Story: May 26, 1944

Hazel Nevis writes on May 26 with news from the neighborhood families. Arnold Nevis also graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, so presumably he and "Johnny" Eggleston were classmates or else they knew each other from the neighborhood.

John E. Eggleston, Glendale News-Press

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Arnold's Story: May 24, 1944

Dolly Nevis is about a year younger than her brother Arnold and more than two years younger than their eldest sibling Leonard.

an undated photo of Dolly Nevis from the time of World War II

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Arnold's Story: May 14, 1944

Hazel Nevis writes to her son Arnold on Mother's Day, 1944. 

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Arnold's Story: May 8, 1944

V-mail from Don M. Stadt in New Guinea awaiting deployment to Arnold in Army Air Forces Technical Training at Yale University:

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Arnold's Story: May 6, 1944

Carl Cummings may be the close friend that Arnie lost in the war. He stayed in touch with his friend's mother and she gave him a Limoges china plate. It stood in a place of honor in our home in Gainesville for over fifty years. 

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Arnold's Story: April 30, 1944

Arnie sent his parents a booklet called "Aviation Cadets" or "Technical School, AAFTTC for Aviation Cadets", from his time training at Yale University.

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Arnold's Story: April 28, 1944

A letter from Charles Cutler to Arnie, still training in the Army Air Force at Yale University:

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Arnold's Story: April 27, 1944

Hazel Nevis writes to her son Arnold with local and family news from Glendale:

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