Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family telling them the date he is coming home from boot camp.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about company pictures.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about his transfers and new job.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about his last day of drills.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family giving them a brief outline of his daily schedule.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family expressing excitement about being a second class seaman.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his mother describing the feeling of "breaking" (finishing) boot camp and being a second-class seaman.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family letting them know that he is well and his plans to become a third class petty officer.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about his new job and earning more money.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family with remarks after they visited him at the base.

Letter from James E. Sutherlin to his family about trying to apply for Electrician School in order to get a higher rank in the Navy.

Letter from James Sutherlin to his family clearing up a misunderstanding over an April Fool's day joke that he wrote in a letter to his mother.

Christmas Day menu for the Corpus Christi, Texas Naval Air Training Center.

Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her mother about going to church in Corpus Christi with her son, James, her daughter Waneta's teaching career and other news.

Letter from Maurine Sutherlin to her brother James with news from home. The beginning of the letter includes the Seaman's version of the Twenty Third Psalm.

Letter from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about a class he is taking on learning how to take care of an airplane on an aircraft carrier. The rest of the letter has been lost.

Plain postcard from Edith Sutherlin to her husband Edgar B. Sutherlin detailing some events from her visit to Corpus Christi to see her son, James.

Plain postcard from James Edgar Sutherlin to his parents about waiting for his leave to come home.

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

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

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.

Booklet from the U.S Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas regarding rules about family contact with recruits.

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

Photograph of Building 100, nicknamed Taj Mahal, on Randolph Air Force Base in Universal City, Texas.