Donald Householder letters, MSS.2544

Abstract: Staff Sergeant (later, Master Sergeant) Donald Householder writes to his parents in Erie, Michigan, from various encampments on the French and German fronts during the conluding months of World War II.Scope and Content Note: Contains letters from a staff sergeant (later, master sergeant) on the French and German fronts during the end of World War II, writing to his parents with daily news and looking forward to going home. Householder discusses acquaintances and sight-seeing, anticipation for his return home, and one letter describes Hitler's personal yacht, which Householder's company took possession of.The final letter is written on the back of a dispatch from the Office of the Transport Commander of the SS Lewiston Victory. In addition to the letters, there are two snapshots from 1942 of unidentified people.Biographical/Historical Note: Master Sergeant Donald Householder writes from various encampments on the French and German fronts at the end of World War II to his parents in Erie, Michigan