War and Family: Letters Home

Cpl Francis J. Cody, US Army Parachute Infantry Training


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Cpl Francis J. Cody was from Harrison NJ. He was stationed at Fort Benning where he worked to train new recruits to the paratrooper forces.
What if a letter your grandfather wrote—one you never even knew existed—suddenly turned up in the world?
That’s what this podcast is about: real letters written home by U.S. servicemen and women during World War II. Each one is a time capsule, carrying the voice of someone far from home, writing from a foxhole, a bunk, a ship, or a field hospital.
My mission is simple: to bring these voices back to the families they belong to—one letter, one story at a time. And who knows? Maybe today, you’ll hear a familiar name or a place. Maybe this letter was meant for you.
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War and Family: Letters HomeBy Lauren Muise