Key Information
Reference code
PENNEY 10/19
Title
Letter from Penney to Shirley Penney, 27 Mar [1944], on subjects including press coverage of the Anzio campaign, chaplains, doctors, and racial segregation
Date(s)
- [1944] Mar 27 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
26pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letter from Penney to Mrs Shirley Mary Penney, from Headquarters 1 Infantry Div, Central Mediterranean Forces, describing newspaper coverage of Anzio beachhead, the demoralising influence of the force's paper Union Jack, praising the work of padres and medical officers, and discussing racial segregation in the post-war world. 26pp.