This collection contains 41 letters written by Rolland Plattner, serving in the Pacific theater during World War II, to his friend and neighbor Charles Harold Regnier of Clifton, Illinois. Plattner's letters detailed his daily life in Army camps across Hawaii, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

A letter from John H. Poor to his niece, Fanny, in which he describes the day-to-day routine of a Civil War military camp.

This collection contains a letter written by H. K. Puckett to Mr. Buckland about his experiences during World War II. He was stationed in the South Pacific with the USAFFE. The USAFFE took charge of planning and tactical control under the command of Major General MacArthur, Lieutennant General Richard K. Sutherland and Major General Richard J. Marshall. Puckett began his service as a medic and later flew around New Guinea with the Overseas Motion Picture Service. Eventually he operated a radio station. The letter is in response to a request for information about a dollar bill with markings on it. The markings are dates and places most likely marked by a member of the Air Corps. He mentions photos and the names of those in them. Radio actor Jack Benny, famous harmonica player Larry Adler, and actress Mary Nash are among the pictured.

Letters to Laura Pullen in Leighton, Alabama, from her husband R.B. Pullen in Tennessee and from a friend or family member Dora. The letters discuss travel and family.

Letters written from the First Frontier District of Texas, of which Quayle was commander, providing information on Confederate military dispositions, 1862-64. Quayle's correspondents included James Bourland, H. E. McCulloch, and James Webb Throckmorton.