Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about feeling lonely in his current station.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family regarding their trip to see him in Corpus Christi.

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about being at his new base in New York.

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about going to Boston from New York and attending "plane captain school."

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about a place he calls "The Canteen" and describes a new girl he met named Arlene Goodwin.

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about the precautions he has to take so he doesn't get his possessions stolen.

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about his new job and problems he is having with the tires on his car.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his parents and uncle about visiting his sister Waneta and hanging out with "the boys" outside of school.

Letter from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her parents on the back of a used envelope. She lets them know that she is well after receiving "three helpings of gasoline."

Letter from to and from an unnamed person about a family business and James Sutherlin calling home about being stationed in Rhode Island.

Telegram from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother informing her that James Sutherlin is going to be shipped to Quonset Point, Rhode Island and going to be stationed there for 4 months.

Pamphlet detailing the "Order of Service for Morning Worship" on February 13, 1944 at the Cabaniss Field Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. It has a list of prayers, readings, songs and the times and locations for the services for the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish worshipers. The pamphlet, folded in the form of a post-card was addressed from James Edgar Sutherlin to his father, Edgar B. Sutherlin, on February 14, 1944. On the very back of the pamphlet is a list of Bible excerpts handwritten by James.

Program describing the order of events for the Honorable Discharge ceremony for sailors of the U.S. Navy, held at the U.S.S. Houston Memorial Chapel.

Envelope from E.B. Sutherlin Jeweler and Watchmaker business with written instructions by James Sutherlin for engraving a piece of jewelry.

Photograph of a Municipal Auditorium at a Naval Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Entry for the U.S.S. Kasaan Bay from the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships."

Incomplete letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family.

Photograph of James E. Sutherlin with his sister, Waneta Sutherlin Bowman in front of The Alamo in Texas.

Photograph of James E. Sutherlin in his Texas Military Institute uniform standing in between his father, Edgar B. and grandfather, John H. Left to right: John H., James E., and Edgar B.

Photograph of James Edgar Sutherlin walking through a crowd of people. Taken somewhere in New York.

Photograph of James Edgar Sutherlin with his mother, Edith Wilson Sutherlin, c. 1943.

Photograph of James Edgar Sutherlin with his mother, Edith Wilson Sutherlin, in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of James E. Sutherlin with his father (Edgar B. Sutherlin), uncle (John Sutherlin) and mother (Edith Sutherlin). Left to right: Edgar Sutherlin James Sutherlin Edith Sutherlin John Sutherlin

Photograph of James E. Sutherlin with his sister, Waneta Sutherlin Bowman in Corpus Christi.