Box 4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Calvert C. McCabe World War II Letters consist of approximately five hundred letters and V-Mail (Victory Mail) items written by McCabe and addressed mostly to his widowed mother, Mrs. C.C. McCabe. The correspondence, from June 1942 through October 1945, spans McCabe's entire military career.The letters provide an overview, almost diary-like description, of the life of a non-combatant officer serving in the European Theatre. Comments in certain letters suggest McCabe...