Lola H. Ryan Letters
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- French telegraph form
- An Expeditionary Force Message [EFM] blank telegraph form for Allied troops serving in France, circa 1945. Armed Forces members could choose up to three of 356 phrases in 10 categories such as "health"money" and "war damage." Use instructions appear on the reverse of the telegraph form.
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- Letter from Lamb to mother Ryan, Pap, and Stub
- Lola H. Ryan's friend "Lamb" writes to Ryan's family, thanking them for a birthday card they sent and expressing how much she value's Ryan's companionship."Lambie" also discusses being on on night duty for five separate wards, including a psychiatric ward for prisoners of war and one for amputees.
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- Letter from Lola H. Ryan to Mother, Dad, and Stub
- Lola H. Ryan writes of being inspired by Army Nurse Corps (ANC) personnel treating the wounded at the Battle of Anzio in Italy. She also discusses various aspects of her training, her pending graduation from nurse training, having difficulty in obtaining new uniforms, and an upcoming twenty-mile hike.
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- Letter from Lola H. Ryan to her mother, dad, and Stub
- Lola H. Ryan gives a lengthy description of her vacation with "Lamb" in Juan-les-Pins and Cannes, France. Ryan writes of the beautiful scenery, her activities, and an evening they spent with a Belgian woman who described the hardships faced by the French during the war. Ryan explains that American military surplus helps to clothe much of the population in Cannes. She also describes a softball game between navy personnel and army medics when she returned to Marseilles.
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- Letter from Lola H. Ryan to mother, dad, and Stub
- Lola H. Ryan writes in great detail about V-E Day celebrations in Marseilles, France, including French revelers swarming the streets, a party at the local T.C. club, multiple guns salutes, and the celebratory artillery salvos that occurred throughout the following night and day. Other topics include Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, and her trip to Cannes, France, with "Lamb" on leave.
