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Samuel Boylston

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Unit of Service: 6th Replacement Depot, 13th Air Force
  • Location of Service: New Caledonia; Morotai Island (New Hebrides Islands); Noemfoor (New Hebrides Islands); Espiritu Santo Island (New Hebrides Islands); Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Hollandia (New Guinea); Leyte Island (Philippines); Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1848

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Even before Mrs. Gerald Duquette opened her husband's letters from the Pacific Theater, she had to chuckle, thanks to Samuel Boylston. Corporal Duquette wrote frequently to his wife in Westport, Connecticut, and his buddy, Sergeant Boylston, an aspiring illustrator, would decorate the envelopes with humorous scenes of GI life during World War II. Boylston's ingenuity and cheerfully satirical view of life in uniform are evident in the 60 envelopes donated to the Veterans History Project.

[ Memoir, "Pacific Letters." ]

More Resources

[ Photo Album ]
[ "Wash Day", Water Color Envelope [2/26/44] ]
[ "Typing", Water Color Envelope [3/29/44] ]
[ "Bathing Beauties", Water Color Envelope [4/10/44] ]
[ "I Threw A Note In The Ocean", Water Color Envelope [4/14/44] ]
[ "Dream", Water Color Envelope [4/16/44] ]

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[ "Shower", Water Color Envelope [4/17/44] ]
[ "Miss You", Water Color Envelope [4/18/44] ]
[ "Your Pants Are Always Wearin Out", Water Color Envelope [4/21/44] ]
[ "To My Best Girl", Water Color Envelope [4/24/44] ]
[ "Air Mail", Water Color Envelope [4/26/44] ]
[ "Typing II", Water Color Envelope [4/27/44] ]
[ "Me Sweetie", Water Color Envelope [5/20/44] ]
[ "Beach", Water Color Envelope [5/31/44] ]
[ "Reading, Smoking, Drinking", Water Color Envelope [6/9/44] ]
[ "The Movie", Water Color Envelope [6/10/44] ]
[ "No Mail", Water Color Envelope [6/12/44] ]
[ "Photo", Water Color Envelope [6/14/44] ]
[ "Camp's Big Office", Water Color Envelope [6/19/44] ]
[ "Now They're On The Run", Water Color Envelope [6/22/44] ]
[ "I Met An M.P.", Water Color Envelope [6/28/44] ]
[ "Cool Today!", Water Color Envelope [7/26/44] ]
[ "The Party", Water Color Envelope [7/28/44] ]
[ "We Never Catch Anything", Water Color Envelope [7/29/44] ]
[ "Hammering", Water Color Envelope [7/31/44] ]
[ "Jungle Snoozing", Water Color Envelope [8/1/44] ]
[ "Esquire", Water Color Envelope [8/23/44] ]
[ "You Should See Her Sister!", Water Color Envelope [8/24/44] ]
[ "Quite A Time!", Water Color Envelope [8/26/44] ]
[ "The Stove", Water Color Envelope [9/17/44] ]
[ "Strong Beer", Water Color Envelope [9/19/44] ]
[ "Guard The Egg", Water Color Envelope [9/30/44] ]
[ "Typing III", Water Color Envelope [10/2/44] ]
[ "Packages Got Mixed", Water Color Envelope [11/3/44] ]
[ "South Seas.. After", Water Color Envelope [11/21/44] ]
[ "What A Chicken!", Water Color Envelope [11/23/44] ]
[ "He Was A Lawn Mower!", Water Color Envelope [11/23/44] ]
[ "The Man That Wakes the Bugler Up!", Water Color Envelope [11/25/44] ]
[ "Doing The Hokie Pokie", Water Color Envelope [11/27/44] ]
[ "Twas The Night Before Xmas", Water Color Envelope [11/27/44] ]
[ "Right Island", Water Color Envelope [12/1/44] ]
[ "What A Christmas", Water Color Envelope [1/7/45] ]
[ "Wash Day Revisited", Water Color Envelope [2/17/45] ]
[ "Nagy Back From Leave", Water Color Envelope [3/16/45] ]
[ "I'll Never Say That Again", Water Color Envelope [3/20/45] ]
[ "You Had Better Be Good", Water Color Envelope [3/24/45] ]
[ "Pancho Nagy", Water Color Envelope [4/2/45] ]
[ "Hollywood Research Director", Water Color Envelope [4/8/45] ]
[ "The Pity Of It All", Water Color Envelope [4/9/45] ]
[ "What Do You Think?", Water Color Envelope [4/10/45] ]
[ "It's Rough", Water Color Envelope [4/16/45] ]
[ "One Meat Ball?", Water Color Envelope [7/19/45] ]
[ "Rumors", Water Color Envelope [9/17/45] ]
[ "Where Are The Ships?", Water Color Envelope [unreadable] ]
[ "Frisco Or Bust", Water Color Envelope [10/12/45] ]
[ "Frisco Bud!", Water Color Envelope [10/16/45] ]
[ "Silly Boy!", Water Color Envelope [10/20/45] ]
[ "I Have Returned!", Water Color Envelope [12/24/45] ]
[ "A Day In March", Water Color Envelope [3/20/46] ]
[ "Private No Fishing", Water Color Envelope [7/19/46] ]

About this Item

Title

  • Samuel Lionel Boylston Collection

Names

  • Boylston, Samuel Lionel
  • Duquette, Gerald W.

Home State

  • South Carolina

Headings

  • -  Boylston, Samuel Lionel
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Unit of Service: 6th Replacement Depot, 13th Air Force
    • Location of Service: New Caledonia; Morotai Island (New Hebrides Islands); Noemfoor (New Hebrides Islands); Espiritu Santo Island (New Hebrides Islands); Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Hollandia (New Guinea); Leyte Island (Philippines); Pacific Theater
    • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1945
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Creative works [60 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1943-1945)
  • Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- (collected 1997)
  • Photograph: Original photographic print [4 items] -- Portrait (collected 1942-1988)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/1848

Cite as

  • Samuel Lionel Boylston Collection (AFC/2001/001/1848), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

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Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Boylston, Samuel Lionel, and Gerald W Duquette. Samuel Lionel Boylston Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01848/.

APA citation style:

Boylston, S. L. & Duquette, G. W. (1943) Samuel Lionel Boylston Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01848/.

MLA citation style:

Boylston, Samuel Lionel, and Gerald W Duquette. Samuel Lionel Boylston Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01848/>.