Rolland Plattner Letters, MSS.3389

Abstract: This collection contains 41 letters written by Rolland Plattner, serving in the Pacific theater during World War II, to his friend and neighbor Charles Harold Regnier of Clifton, Illinois. Plattner's letters detailed his daily life in Army camps across Hawaii, New Guinea, and the Philippines.Scope and Content Note: This collection contains 41 letters and two newsletters sent from Rolland Plattner to Harold Regnier while the former served a tour of duty in the Pacific during the last two years of World War II. Plattner's letters mainly discussed daily life in various Army camps in Hawaii, New Guinea, and the Philippines. He also inquired about life in Clifton, Illinois.Two letters (4/10/44 and 9/14/44) were censored, and eighteen were sent using the V-mail service.Copies of the newsletters the Daily Guinea Pig and the Flying Dinosaur were included in one of Plattner's letters.Biographical/Historical Note: Rolland Plattner was born in Illinois in 1921. He began his Army service in October 1942