Book excerpt: Description: This series consists of 36 pieces of personal correspondence from Robert White, to his family. White was stationed in Biak, New Guinea, for the first half of 1945 and was then sent to Manila, Philippines, for the rest of the correspondence.;Personal correspondence from the service of Lieutenant Colonel Robert White, who served in the United States Army Air Force as a Statistical Control Officer in the Pacific Theater of War. The collection is arranged into three series: I. Personal correspondence, October 1944-December 1944; II. Personal correspondence, January 1945-Janaury 1946; and III. Miscellaneous.