Letters home from Paul Borel and his brothers Pete, John, and Mark.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD
Bios of Paul, Pete, John, and Mark Borel
Page 1
John - Fort Sill, Oklahoma - 11 Dec. 1941
Pete - Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - 16 Feb. 1943
Pete - Guadalcanal - 13 Dec. 1943
Pete - undated, probably Guadalcanal, late 1943
Pete - Guadalcanal - 13 Apr. 1944
Paul - Aboard USS THOMAS JOHNSON in English Channel off Cherbourg - 29 June 1944
Page 2
Paul - Cherbourg - 12 July 1944
Paul - Cherbourg - 31 July 1944
Excerpts from The Invasion of France and Germany, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XI, by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little, Brown and Co. (1957))
Paul - Cherbourg - 29 Sept. 1944
Paul - Le Havre - 12 Oct. 1944
Paul - Brussels, Belgium - 14 Jan. 1945
Paul - Brussels - 19 Jan. 1945
Paul - Brussels - 22 Jan. 1945
Page 3
Pete - somewhere in the Philippines - 3 Feb. 1945
Ship's Log of the USS BOREL - 11 Feb. 1945 (birth notice of Mark's son)
Mark to Paul - Oahu Island - 12 Mar. 1945
The Tides of War in the Pacific 1941-1945 (chronology)
Paul - Brussels - 3 Apr. 1945
Paul - Versailles, France - 3 May 1945
Pete - Naval Auxilliary Air Station, Kingsville, Texas - 3 May 1945
Paul - Versailles - 8 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 8 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 15 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 1 June 1945
Page 4
Paul - Hoechst, Germany - 2 June 1945
Official Navy War Diary - USS HOGGATT BAY (CVE 75) - 7 June 1945 (Time Zone-9)
Mark to Paul - USS HOGGATT BAY (CVE 75) Steaming vicinity Okinawa - 9 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 11 June 1945
Pete - Kingsville, Texas - 14 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 27 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 8 July 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, San Pedro Bay, Leyte - 8 July 1945
Paul - Berlin - 12 July 1945
Potsdam Conference (17 July - 2 Aug. 1945):
Excerpt - James F. Byrnes, Speaking Frankly (p. 67-69 passim).
Charles L. Mee, Jr., Meeting at Potsdam (p. 114).
Page 5
Excerpt - General Lucius Clay, Decision in Germany (p. 44).
Paul - Berlin - 21 July 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, Anchored in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf - 25 July 1945
Excerpt - Walter Millis, Editor, The Forrestal Diaries (p. 79) (European Trip – 29 July 1945).
Paul - Berlin - 30 July 1945
Paul - Berlin - 3 Aug. 1945
Pete - Naval Auxilliary Air Station, Kingsville, Texas - 14 Aug. 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 14 Aug. 1945
Paul - Berlin - 15 Aug. 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, Steaming for Adak, Aleutians - 16 Aug. 1945
Page 6
Paul - Germany - 8 Sept. 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 11 Sept. 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, off Japan - 14 Sept. 1945
Paul - Berlin - 28 Oct. 1945
PHOTOS
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For more letters from World War II, click on the following pages from Mr. Borel's memoirs, Along the Way.
From Part 2: Naval Officer; Chapter 2: Road to Berlin:
USS HUMBOLDT (AVP-21) - 2 Jan. 1944
Official Navy War Diary - USS HUMBOLDT (A VP 21) - 11 Jan. 1944
London - 19 Jan. 1944
London - 23 Jan. 1944
London - 24 Jan. 1944
London - 16 Feb. 1944
Oxford - 27 Mar. 1944
Rosneath, Scotland - 30 May 1944
Rosneath - 13 June 1944 (D-Day + 7)
USS THOMAS JOHNSON - 18 June 1944
Cherbourg, France - 12 July 1944
Cherbourg - 21 July 1944
Cherbourg - 31 July 1944
Cherbourg - 11 Aug. 1944
Cherbourg - 31 Aug. 1944
Excerpts from The Invasion of France and Germany, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XI, by Samuel Eliot Morison.
Cherbourg - 29 Sept. 1944
Le Havre - 9 Oct. 1944
Le Havre - 12 Oct. 1944
London - 19 Nov. 1944
Brussels, Belgium - 14 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 19 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 22 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 7 Mar. 1945
Brussels - 3 Apr. 1945
Versailles, France - 1 May 1945
Saint Cloud - 2 May 1945
Versailles - 3 May 1945
Versailles - 5 May 1945
Versailles - 7 May 1945
Versailles - 8 May 1945
Versailles - 18 May 1945
Versailles - 24 May 1945
Versailles - 29 May 1945
Hoechst, Germany - 30 May 1945
Hoechst - 2 June 1945
Hoechst - 8 June 1945
Memorandum for: Mrs. Skipper Borel - 16 June 1945
Hoechst - 21 June 1945
Hoechst - 9 July 1945
Berlin - 11 July 1945
Excerpt from Speaking Frankly, by James F. Byrnes.
Berlin - 12 July 1945
Berlin - 20 July 1945
Berlin - 21 July 1945
Excerpt from Decision in Germany, by General Lucius Clay.
Excerpt from The Forrestal Diaries, Walter Millis, Editor. (European Trip - 29 July 1945)
Berlin - 30 July 1945
Berlin - 3 Aug. 1945
Excerpt from Meeting at Potsdam, by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
Berlin - 11 Aug. 1945
Berlin - 15 Aug. 1945
Berlin - 8 Sept. 1945
Berlin - 5 Oct. 1945
Berlin - 6 Oct. 1945
Berlin - 28 Oct. 1945
Le Havre - 9 Nov. 1945
From Part 2: Naval Officer; Chapter 3: Paris Peace Conference:
Paris - 29 July 1946
Paris - 30 July 1946
Paris - 2 Aug. 1946
Paris - 4 Aug. 1946
Paris - 7 Aug. 1946
Paris - 9 Aug. 1946
Paris - 12 Aug. 1946
Paris - 17 Aug. 1946
Paris - 20 Aug. 1946
Paris - 25 Aug. 1946
Paris - 1 Sept. 1946
Paris - 9 Sept 1946
Paris - 12 Sept. 1946
Paris - 15 Sept. 1946
London - 25 Sept. 1946
London - 27 Sept. 1946
Paris - 2 Oct. 1946
London - 10 Oct. 1946
Excerpt from Speaking Frankly, Chapter 8: The Paris Peace Conference and Its New York Finale, by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
Romany - 29 Dec. 1946
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Click on a page to open.)
FORWARD
Bios of Paul, Pete, John, and Mark Borel
Page 1
John - Fort Sill, Oklahoma - 11 Dec. 1941
Pete - Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - 16 Feb. 1943
Pete - Guadalcanal - 13 Dec. 1943
Pete - undated, probably Guadalcanal, late 1943
Pete - Guadalcanal - 13 Apr. 1944
Paul - Aboard USS THOMAS JOHNSON in English Channel off Cherbourg - 29 June 1944
Page 2
Paul - Cherbourg - 12 July 1944
Paul - Cherbourg - 31 July 1944
Excerpts from The Invasion of France and Germany, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XI, by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little, Brown and Co. (1957))
Paul - Cherbourg - 29 Sept. 1944
Paul - Le Havre - 12 Oct. 1944
Paul - Brussels, Belgium - 14 Jan. 1945
Paul - Brussels - 19 Jan. 1945
Paul - Brussels - 22 Jan. 1945
Page 3
Pete - somewhere in the Philippines - 3 Feb. 1945
Ship's Log of the USS BOREL - 11 Feb. 1945 (birth notice of Mark's son)
Mark to Paul - Oahu Island - 12 Mar. 1945
The Tides of War in the Pacific 1941-1945 (chronology)
Paul - Brussels - 3 Apr. 1945
Paul - Versailles, France - 3 May 1945
Pete - Naval Auxilliary Air Station, Kingsville, Texas - 3 May 1945
Paul - Versailles - 8 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 8 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 15 May 1945
Pete - Kingsville - 1 June 1945
Page 4
Paul - Hoechst, Germany - 2 June 1945
Official Navy War Diary - USS HOGGATT BAY (CVE 75) - 7 June 1945 (Time Zone-9)
Mark to Paul - USS HOGGATT BAY (CVE 75) Steaming vicinity Okinawa - 9 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 11 June 1945
Pete - Kingsville, Texas - 14 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 27 June 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 8 July 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, San Pedro Bay, Leyte - 8 July 1945
Paul - Berlin - 12 July 1945
Potsdam Conference (17 July - 2 Aug. 1945):
Excerpt - James F. Byrnes, Speaking Frankly (p. 67-69 passim).
Charles L. Mee, Jr., Meeting at Potsdam (p. 114).
Page 5
Excerpt - General Lucius Clay, Decision in Germany (p. 44).
Paul - Berlin - 21 July 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, Anchored in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf - 25 July 1945
Excerpt - Walter Millis, Editor, The Forrestal Diaries (p. 79) (European Trip – 29 July 1945).
Paul - Berlin - 30 July 1945
Paul - Berlin - 3 Aug. 1945
Pete - Naval Auxilliary Air Station, Kingsville, Texas - 14 Aug. 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 14 Aug. 1945
Paul - Berlin - 15 Aug. 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, Steaming for Adak, Aleutians - 16 Aug. 1945
Page 6
Paul - Germany - 8 Sept. 1945
John - Iwo Jima - 11 Sept. 1945
Mark - USS HOGGATT BAY, off Japan - 14 Sept. 1945
Paul - Berlin - 28 Oct. 1945
PHOTOS
_____________________________________
For more letters from World War II, click on the following pages from Mr. Borel's memoirs, Along the Way.
From Part 2: Naval Officer; Chapter 2: Road to Berlin:
USS HUMBOLDT (AVP-21) - 2 Jan. 1944
Official Navy War Diary - USS HUMBOLDT (A VP 21) - 11 Jan. 1944
London - 19 Jan. 1944
London - 23 Jan. 1944
London - 24 Jan. 1944
London - 16 Feb. 1944
Oxford - 27 Mar. 1944
Rosneath, Scotland - 30 May 1944
Rosneath - 13 June 1944 (D-Day + 7)
USS THOMAS JOHNSON - 18 June 1944
Cherbourg, France - 12 July 1944
Cherbourg - 21 July 1944
Cherbourg - 31 July 1944
Cherbourg - 11 Aug. 1944
Cherbourg - 31 Aug. 1944
Excerpts from The Invasion of France and Germany, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XI, by Samuel Eliot Morison.
Cherbourg - 29 Sept. 1944
Le Havre - 9 Oct. 1944
Le Havre - 12 Oct. 1944
London - 19 Nov. 1944
Brussels, Belgium - 14 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 19 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 22 Jan. 1945
Brussels - 7 Mar. 1945
Brussels - 3 Apr. 1945
Versailles, France - 1 May 1945
Saint Cloud - 2 May 1945
Versailles - 3 May 1945
Versailles - 5 May 1945
Versailles - 7 May 1945
Versailles - 8 May 1945
Versailles - 18 May 1945
Versailles - 24 May 1945
Versailles - 29 May 1945
Hoechst, Germany - 30 May 1945
Hoechst - 2 June 1945
Hoechst - 8 June 1945
Memorandum for: Mrs. Skipper Borel - 16 June 1945
Hoechst - 21 June 1945
Hoechst - 9 July 1945
Berlin - 11 July 1945
Excerpt from Speaking Frankly, by James F. Byrnes.
Berlin - 12 July 1945
Berlin - 20 July 1945
Berlin - 21 July 1945
Excerpt from Decision in Germany, by General Lucius Clay.
Excerpt from The Forrestal Diaries, Walter Millis, Editor. (European Trip - 29 July 1945)
Berlin - 30 July 1945
Berlin - 3 Aug. 1945
Excerpt from Meeting at Potsdam, by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
Berlin - 11 Aug. 1945
Berlin - 15 Aug. 1945
Berlin - 8 Sept. 1945
Berlin - 5 Oct. 1945
Berlin - 6 Oct. 1945
Berlin - 28 Oct. 1945
Le Havre - 9 Nov. 1945
From Part 2: Naval Officer; Chapter 3: Paris Peace Conference:
Paris - 29 July 1946
Paris - 30 July 1946
Paris - 2 Aug. 1946
Paris - 4 Aug. 1946
Paris - 7 Aug. 1946
Paris - 9 Aug. 1946
Paris - 12 Aug. 1946
Paris - 17 Aug. 1946
Paris - 20 Aug. 1946
Paris - 25 Aug. 1946
Paris - 1 Sept. 1946
Paris - 9 Sept 1946
Paris - 12 Sept. 1946
Paris - 15 Sept. 1946
London - 25 Sept. 1946
London - 27 Sept. 1946
Paris - 2 Oct. 1946
London - 10 Oct. 1946
Excerpt from Speaking Frankly, Chapter 8: The Paris Peace Conference and Its New York Finale, by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
Romany - 29 Dec. 1946
