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Article: LETTERS TELL STORY OF WORLD WAR II TODAY, E-MAILS SPEED CONTACT.(LIFESTYLE)
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- The Capital Times
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- December 27, 2004
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Byline: Mary Bergin The Capital Times
When Clyde Haney went to war, one thing he didn't pack was a laptop. It was 1944.
He wrote home often, but the letters - to and from him - arrived in spurts. There'd be a week or more without mail, then a day or two with a stack of it.
When Clyde Haney died in war, it took 13 days for his family to learn of it by telegram. Three days after that, there was other evidence: A photo in Life magazine showed the soldier, surrounded by aircraft rubble, bleeding to death after being hit with shrapnel.
Wartime communication occurs at a more rapid-fire pace today, but some things don't change: Children of ...