Book excerpt: Description: This series (1 sleeve) consists of letters and V-mails from William Bennett to his family in Los Altos and San Francisco, California. The letters were sent from North Africa, Italy, and Southern France. In the letters, Bennett writes about contracting jaundice, Nazi propaganda leaflets airdropped on his base near Anzio a typhus outbreak in Naples, foraging for food, and French civilians.;Personal correspondence from the service of Sergeant William Bennett who was assigned to the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and European Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into five series: I. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, July 1942-November 1942; II. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, May 1943-December 1943; III. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, January 1944-December 1944; IV. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, January 1945-August 1945; and V. Envelopes associated with personal correspondence from William Bennett, 1942-1945.