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Pvt. W.D. Johnson, Jr.

Pvt. W.D. Johnson, Jr.

A World War II soldier's letters home

Enlistment

David entered the army on May 12, 1944 at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia.

A record of that enlistment is at the National Archives.

Pages

  • Copyright Information
  • Introduction
    • Enlistment
  • Who’s Who in the Letters
  • Photos & Misc. Letters
    • American Military Cemetery ~ Margraten, Netherlands
    • Band of Brothers
    • Interview with Richard “Rip” Johnson
    • Letter from Mary Ramaekers
    • Mary Ramaekers ~ A Dutch Angel
    • Shierke, Germany
    • The Fallen at Shierke
    • David’s Headstone in Mongomery

Private Johnson’s Letters

  1. May 14, 1944

  2. May 23, 1944

  3. June 2, 1944

  4. June 11, 1944

  5. June 27, 1944

  6. July 3, 1944

  7. July 17, 1944

  8. July 24, 1944

  9. August 1, 1944

  10. August 10, 1944

  11. August 27, 1944

  12. September 10, 1944

  13. October 11, 1944

  14. October 17, 1944

  15. October 22, 1944

  16. October 24, 1944

  17. October 28, 1944

  18. November 4, 1944

  19. Novermber 15, 1944

  20. December 27, 1944

  21. December 27, 1944 ~ to Rip

  22. January 1, 1945

  23. January 3, 1945

  24. January 5, 1945

  25. January 10, 1945

  26. January 16, 1945

  27. January 23, 1945

  28. February 11, 1945

  29. February 14, 1945

  30. February 15 or 16, 1945

  31. February 17, 1945

  32. February 20, 1945

  33. February 22, 1945

  34. March 12, 1945

  35. March 16, 1945

  36. March 23, 1945

  37. March 24, 1945 ~ to Rip

  38. March 29, 1945

  39. March 31, 1945

  40. April 4, 1945

Other Letters

  1. April 24, 1945 ~ from David’s C.O.

  2. June 9, 1945 ~ from Lt. Jacobs

  3. July 4, 1945 ~ from Macey

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