Correspondence; issues of the "Cycloner", November 1944; August-November 1945

In a letter dated November 2, 1944 written from “down under” to his family, Mone discusses being amidst “wild life” and “jungle foliage”. He talks about building a shelter and provides sketches; discusses the rain; watching movies; and catching butterflies. He then talks about his journey on the S.S. Mexico; working on his paper, “Scuttle-Butt”; celebrating his birthday; and receiving gifts and letters from his family and friends.

In a letter dated May 6, 1945 from “in the Philippines”, Mone writes about changing assignments from artillery to the office of Information and Education(I & E), and includes a list of who he works with. He also talks about writing special articles and news coverage for the daily paper they put out called the “Cycloner”- named after the 38th, Cyclone Division. This letter includes a copy of “The Sunday Cycloner”, June 24, 1945.

In the letters sent to “Toots” and his family from August-October 1945, Mone discusses his experiences toward the end of the war as a guest at a home on the grounds of the [Malacañang] Palace, attending the Manila symphony, the possibility of being sent to Japan, talks about the potential for Japanese surrender, and discusses his experiences while working for the “Cycloner” during the “hectic days and nights when everything happened at once”. He then talks about getting discharged and anticipating the start of his journey home mid-October; talks about his plans during his last nights overseas; talks about his friend Marshall Potter’s post-war plans; discusses receiving gifts from friends and family; and talks about some of his post-war plans.

Also included in this folder is a partial issue of the “Cycloner” that features illustrations by Marshall Potter; and a letter dated November 30, 1945 sent to “Toots” from Mone in which he discusses staying at someone named, Bill’s home. The envelope with this letter also contains an essay entitled “Benny’s Got the Dominoes”, business cards, newspaper clippings of comics and poems, and an address for Joseph U. Kennedy, Navy mail clerk at Pearl Harbor.