Western Union telegram from Rudy Macías to his mother Guadalupe Macías, 1945. At the end of the war, Rudy Macias telegrammed his mother in Davenport: "I'M OVER HERE FROM OVER THERE AND WILL BE WITH YOU SOON, LOVE RUDY."
Postcard from Vincent Martinez at U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL, 1943. Vincent Martinez was the son of Esperanza and Cruz Martinez; he served in the Navy during World War II.