As you can likely tell from various posts here, I find that rooting around in the paperwork and photograph piles at thrift shops can reveal some interesting stuff, whether it be cool postcards of the past, photographs of notable things, and so on. Often a lot of the stuff comes from cleanouts of homes of the deceased, likely resold at auctions and flea markets, which honestly surprises me sometimes, as you’d think next-of-kin would want or cherish family photographs and ephemera, especially stuff that dates back to first-generation US immigrants and beyond, or of historical value.
Very rare is it to find something I consider notable, at least in my experience. A couple days ago I found some paperwork that I definitely consider to be very notable, and bought it to not only preserve it, but also in hopes to potentially get it to someone in their family who may want it again.
In the mean time, I feel like this should be shared for it’s historical context. If you are a family member please reach out to me.
It’s worth noting the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetary is still there, and Sergeant Michael Walascuk is still there.
I found the actual document and his internment flag that goes with that letter. Have you gotten any responses
Interesting…just curious, are you in the Philadelphia area? Wonder if we all got these at the same place? I’ll shoot you an email.
Jeff
Hello , I would be interested in your documents as I also have correspondence from the war department on Sgt. Walascuk death. To verify my credibility the address that is blacked out reads 14th avenue Dorothy, New jersey. Please contact me at (edited) , thank you Neil Jones
Hi Neil – sorry about the delay I meant to reply sooner and simply forgot. Anyways what you see is all that I have; there were other military-related pictures at the shop with these, but they appeared to be from other people and not-related to Sgt Walascuk. Unfortunately I’m sure the store is currently closed so I can’t go look again. Just curious – are you in the Philadelphia Area?