[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 20, 1943. He reports his arrival in Africa, as well as the delivery of 35 of his parents' letters. He expresses his wish that his friends still in the U.S. would wait as long as they could to join the army, including his cousin Jimmie Kendrick.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 21, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 21, 1944. He reports the receipt of several letters from them, and sends his condolences for one of them who recently had a tooth pulled. He comments that he needs to get one or two teeth filled soon. He is planning on taking Wilbur Crawford to a U.S.O. show soon, and tells his parents to inform Mrs. Crawford, Wilbur's mother, that he'll probably be put in a unit in the rear once he's well enough.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 29, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 29, 1944. He lays out plans to spend his day off with Wilbur Crawford. He is excited about the opening of an enlisted men's club for his battalion soon.
Date: March 29, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 26, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 26, 1944. He tells of a visit to a friend in a hospital who knows some of Willis' relatives.
Date: March 26, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 3, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 3, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 3, 1943. He tells them he's fine, and mentions that he and some friends went fishing.
Date: March 3, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 17, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 17, 1944, asking after a friend he heard was in Waco recently. He also mentions spending a day with Wilbur Crawford, and going to a show that turned out to be awful. He says they will try again on Monday, and that Crawford is walking without a cane again.
Date: March 17, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 10, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 10, 1944. He asks for more short bread, and tells his mother he will buy her a cameo from the market. The shops are required to lower their prices or the US army will make them off limits to their soldiers. Included in the envelope is a pass that gives permission for Todd Willis to be absent from his post from 1:00 to 4:30 to visit Casablanca.
Date: March 10, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 18, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 18, 1944. The weather is beautiful in Italy, and he missed the sunshine. He mentions getting a letter from his aunt Sallie Letitia Willis, and asks what good her MA degree will do her.
Date: March 18, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., in March 1943, asking for film to take pictures of the places he goes, and asking how everyone is back home. He also mentions that he's somewhere in North Africa.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 2, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 2, 1944. Wilbur Crawford is walking with a cane, which Willis thinks he won't need in a week. He wants to know if the Crawfords found a house in Waco, and asks his parents to send him the clippings of Crawford in the paper.
Date: March 2, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 9, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 9, 1944. On his day off, Willis brought Wilbur Crawford to his camp, and they went to a U. S. O. show in the evening. Willis heard that his cousin Jimmie Kendrick landed in New Guinea.
Date: March 9, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 12, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 12, 1944. Willis sent a letter to Jimmie Kendrick, and assures his parents that Wilbur Crawford won't have to go back into the army following his injury. He also tells them to be on the lookout for papers he is sending them for his scrapbook.
Date: March 12, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 27, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 27, 1944. He informs his mother of a change in his address, and expresses his belief that Germany and Japan will fold in half a year and he will be able to go home soon.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History