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Torrey Savereid letters, 1942-1944
- Title
- Torrey Savereid letters, 1942-1944
- Identifier
- NAHA 2020/004
- Date
- 1942-1944
- Description
- Torrey Savereid entered the armed forces with a background including being the son of a Norwegian immigrant, a Norwegian Lutheran and coming from rural Iowa. He had met a young Norwegian-American woman (Marjorie Thronson) who was working in Minneapolis before he left overseas. The letters tell of his early history (and life in the trenches) while the overseas courtship continued through war-time censorship and V-mailletters.
Includes:
- 10 folders of correspondence between Torrey Savereid and Marjorie Savereid..
- "My Love is Always Yours: The World War II Letters of Torrey Savereid, 194s-1944" by David W. Thronson.
- Extent
- 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
- Language
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Collection
Citation
Thronson, David W., Savereid, Torrey, -1997, and Savereid, Marjorie Thronson, 1914-1992, “Torrey Savereid letters, 1942-1944,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11902.