Samuel Lionel Boylston

Samuel Boylston War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Air Forces/Corps Unit: 6th Replacement Depot, 13th Air Force Service Location: New Caledonia; Morotai Island, Noemfoor, and Espiritu Santo Island (New Hebrides Islands); Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Hollandia (New Guinea); Leyte Island (Philippines); Pacific Theater Rank: Technical Sergeant Place of Birth: Springfield, SC

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.