John Edward Siddall, Jr., fought in the Pacific during World War II. He was with the medical detachment of the 544th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment of the 4th Engineer Special Brigade. He fought in New Guinea, Morotai Island, East Indies, and Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, the Philippines. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
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John Edward Siddall, Jr. Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Letters, 1944-1945, written to John Edward Siddall, Jr. Includes six letters sent by his parents, who lived in Horsham, Pennsylvania, and also includes six letters sent by his sister and brother-in-law, Emma and Albert Steever. For more detailed description provided by the seller, click on the Finding Aid link below.
This information has been provided by the seller and has not been verified: "Subjects in these letters include: references to Lt Fred Barnes of Cheltenham High School fighting at Metz, Walt Ely in jail, Mrs. Wortsall and Mrs. Williams in the Friends Home in Norristown. references to brother-in-law Al asking for sea shells to make a ring and a pin, the Kidette radio, Aunt Lizzie of Willow Grove, brother Hampton wrecking the car and going to the Abington Hospital, letters taking 24 days to arrive, B29 bombing of Tokyo Japan, President Eisenhower trying to end the war in Germany, Hatboro and Upper Moreland High School sports, Cheltenham High and Abington sports, President Roosevelt, Thanksgiving with the Steever family, prayer meeting at home of Martha Mann, Jean Mann having a baby boy in Abington Hospital, Al working at a machine shop in Willow Grove, receiving sea shell bracelet, not receiving boxes and letters writing three times a week, references to Emma and Hampton sending boxes, Alice receiving letters, sending a dozen boxes in two weeks, living in fox holes in combat duty, Uncle Witt and Aunt Mame, etc.";