Letters From War Wednesday: World War II – Robert Jeffries.

In this Letters From War Wednesday, we feature a short note home from PFC. Robert Jeffries, written in June 1944, while he was serving in the Pacific.

“Well, this is pass day and we find ourselves headed for the bustling city of Honolulu, a city part Oriental, part Americanized, picturesque with the romance and traditions of old Hawaii. In the villages through which we pass enroute to the city we see the contrast of the old and the new. In the display windows of the aging shops and stores, built some two or three score years ago, we see a close resemblance to our mainland smalltown variety stores. But, in addition to the streets, we see the older natives with complexions of mahogony hue, still wearing clothes of a style which would have been appropriate half a century ago. In contrast the younger generation displays the wardrobe of the modern day. The younger men have their full-cut, pleated slacks and gay-colored sport coats. The young ladies appear in the latest creations from the modern dress shops of Honolulu. The men wear a zoot-suit or a young Launcelot, complete with tailored swallowtail coat, with broad, padded shoulders, draping pleated trousers with pinching cuffs and a wide-brimmed Stetson that would be the envy of any Texas cowhand if it were of prairie-grass shade and the crown was slightly higher.

“We see a very few Model T’s chugging along, but what old models there are here are in good condition.”

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