Book excerpt: Description: This series (3 sleeves) consists of letters and postcards from John Mullins to his family in Boston, Massachusetts. At the beginning of 1944, Mullins trained at multiple bases in California located at such as Salinas, San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Van Nuys. By June, Mullins was a P-38 pilot with the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group in North Africa, and is eventually assigned to the European Theater of Operations.;Personal correspondence from the service of Captain John Mullins, who was a P-38 pilot in the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into four series: I. Personal correspondence from John Mullins, January 1943-December 1943; II. Personal correspondence from John Mullins, January 1944-December 1944; III. Personal correspondence from John Mullins, January 1945-August 1945; and IV. Miscellaneous, 1945.