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My father, Pfc. William W. Taylor Jr. served in the 100th. Infantry Division, 399th. Regiment, Co. A. His Division saw duty in France and Germany spending 185 consecutive days on the battle line. He wrote nearly 300 letters home chronicling his service to our country. Like so many combat veterans of the War he spoke little of his experiences, but these letters tell the story.
My Hero
As a young boy my heroes were from books. Fighting men like Captain Horatio Hornblower and Francis Marion "the Swamp Fox" fired my imagination. More than anything I wanted to be like them, strong, brave, and heroic. One day, while rummaging around my father's closet I came upon a large box. Arranged within the box were 5 or 6 dusty, dirty cigar boxes. Inside the boxes were hundreds of old letters. They were numbered, in sequence and in the original envelopes. I opened the first letter and started to read. From that day on, my hero became not Horatio Hornblower or Francis Marion, but Pfc. William Wellington Taylor, Jr., my father. The letters were his letters home from World War II.
NOTE: The letters in this collection appear in reverse order. To read them in chronological order starting with the first letter go to the link at the bottom of this page entitled "Read letters in order starting with Letter 1"
NOTE: The letters in this collection appear in reverse order. To read them in chronological order starting with the first letter go to the link at the bottom of this page entitled "Read letters in order starting with Letter 1"
About Me
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February
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- About Letter 24
- Letter 24- November 12, 1943
- About Letter 23
- Letter 23- November 10, 1943
- Letter 22- November 8, 1943
- About Letter 21
- Letter 21- November 7, 1943
- About Letter 20
- Letter 20- November 6, 1943
- About Bill
- About Letter 19
- Letter 19- November 5, 1943
- About Letter 18
- Letter 18 -November 3, 1943
- Letter 17- November 2, 1943
- About Letter 16
- Letter 16- November 1, 1943
- The Camp Abbot Training Cycle
- About Letter 15
- Letter 15- October 31, 1943
- Letter 14- October 31, 1943
- About Letter 13
- Letter 13- October 31, 1943
- Letter 12- October 31, 1943
- About Letter 11
- Letter 11- October 29, 1943
- About Letter 10
- Letter 10- October 28, 1943
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100th Infantry Division
100th. Infantry Patch
Read letters in order starting with Letter 1
Read the letters in this collection in the order they were written, from first to last in my new website at:
http://wwiiwwtaylor.wordpress.com/
http://wwiiwwtaylor.wordpress.com/
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