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[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 15, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 15, 1944. He laments celebrating another birthday overseas, and wishes he could be home for his birthday as well as Mother's Day. He got a letter from a friend in the Pacific who gets to go home when his 18 month service is up, and Willis wishes he could say the same. He expresses regret at one of his father's calves drowning when Waco got a lot of rain, and tells his mother he will buy her and his Aunt Lucile… more
Date: May 15, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Division Headquarters at Camp MacArthur Postcard]

Description: Postcard of Camp MacArthur with tents on the right side, division headquarters in the back (center), and houses and cars on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Division Headquarters. Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Description: Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has … more
Date: May 13, 1911
Creator: Cortes, Charley
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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