World War II Letters - 23 September 1942 - Written by Stan Cooper

Here is the first and only letter that had a "cut out word" giving away the U.S.S. San Diego's location.

World War II Letters - 1 September 1942 - Written by Stan Cooper

Stan was thrilled to received a package from home that contained the hunting knife he requested the previous July.

He also wished his sister a Happy Birthday wishing he could be there. She is growing up without him able to witness, this time her entering her teen years, which he states in many letters.

World War II Letters - 3 August 1942 - Written by Stan Cooper

Stan writes to Pop to inform him that the USS San Diego is forming their own band. He requests that his father sends his horn, which he has not played since he left home fifteen months previously. 

The Queens Reformed Church Band 1940