June 19, 1945 Letter to Merrill Dan

June 19, 1945 Letter to Merrill Dan

infidelity, wives, marriage

This is a PDF of a letter from the Special Collections section of the University of Memphis Library. Hope Bespalow writes a letter to Lieutenant Merrill Dan. Hope is a college student at the University of Wisconsin. They were both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. The letter is handwritten and written on June 19, 1945. It is written on thin, white paper and in cursive. The letter describes Hope’s disgusted feelings toward infidelity, specifically infidelity by the wives of soldiers who are overseas fighting in World War II.

Bespalow, Hope

Hope and Merrill Dan Papers Box 2, Folder 61, MSS 274

The University of Memphis Libraries

June 19, 1945

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