Book excerpt: Description: This series (2 folders) consists of personal correspondence either to or from Walter Haller. The bulk of the series consists of letters Haller wrote to his wife, Betty, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Locations include: The United States Maritime Service Training Station, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York; aboard the SS George Durant in Australia, England, and France; and aboard the SS Sea Robin.;Personal correspondence, military documents, photographs, and souvenirs from the service of Stewardâ€TMs Mate Second Class Walter Haller, who was a Merchant Marine and served in the Mediterranean, European, and Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into three series: I. Personal correspondence, January 1944-November 1944; II. Personal correspondence, January 1945-December 1945; III. Military and government documents, 1941-1945; and IV. Souvenirs, 1944-1946.