From a army engineer 21-year old On a train from NYC to El Paso.
A Collection of Letters From Fort Bliss, Texas Apt # 62 Back to his German-Jewish parents.
Filmmaker, Eldest Daughter Melinda Hess Writes Her responses and emotions as she follows the paths of her Father’s letters.
Real Time Historic Tweets @LFCloudcroft Follow as if it were happening today the letters of a Jewish Army Private Engineer written from Fort Bliss to his parents in Washington Heights, NYC. His observations and experience add a personal account to a national story in the recent aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust
Letter Excerpt #1 Dear Ma & Dad, I can finally tell you where I am being assigned to. They told me at personnel yesterday,
Letter Excerpt #2 ” … that I would be shipped to the Rocket Research Project at Fort Bliss, Texas.”
Letter Excerpt #3 “I haven’t been able to find out exactly where Bliss is, but I expect it is close to the New Mexico and…”
Letter Excerpt #4 “…Mexico border, in the furthermost corner. The work will deal with the German rockets and also our own.”
Letter Excerpt #5 “Give my love to Aunt Blanche, and tell her that everything is fine downstairs. Your loving son, Sandy
