Complete WWII 90th Infantry Div. Archive: Letters & Rare Unit Newspaper For Sale

Up for sale is an exceptional, historically significant, and cohesive wartime archive tracking the service and deployment of Sgt. Joseph P. Nichols. He served in Company D, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division (the famous \"Tough \'Ombres\").This complete lot includes a rare, regiment-printed field newspaper and 15 original pieces of correspondence with their original letters fully intact inside. It tracks his military journey from initial stateside training to European combat operations and occupation duty.Archive Highlights Include:Fort McClellan (AL) Infantry Training Mail: Early correspondence from his time stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama—one of the Army\'s premier Infantry Replacement Training Centers—capturing the start of his wartime service.Rare 357th Infantry Field Newspaper (July 20, 1945): An original copy of the unit newspaper \"Reveille\" (Vol. 1, No. 26) printed locally in Neustadt-Waldnaab, Bavaria, Germany. The front page features a major column by commanding officer Col. John H. Mason detailing an installation inspection by General George S. Patton, alongside fascinating local unit news like regimental horse racing in Tirschenreuth.Historic August 7, 1945 Letter: Written from occupied Germany just one day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Content includes descriptions of intense weapons retraining (grenades, mortars, rifles) for the anticipated Pacific ground invasion, observations of German civilians harvesting fields, and a tense Rule of Engagement encounter where squad members shot a German civilian refusing to leave a secure fence line.Chronological Postal History & Clear Unit Identity: Return addresses explicitly identify Co. D, 357th Infantry, APO 90. Highly legible postmarks track his entire journey: training at Fort McClellan (AL) and Camp Perry (OH), to occupation duty in Germany (APO 90), through a staging/return camp in Le Havre, France (APO 115, Dec 1, 1945), and post-war civilian life in Long Beach, California (1947).Wartime Ephemera: Includes an original WWII military humor comic postcard regarding camp life and interactions with a commanding Sergeant.Condition:Excellent vintage condition for 80-year-old paper ephemera. The newspaper has expected archival folds but remains completely legible and intact. The envelopes have been opened cleanly, keeping the original handwritten contents preserved safely inside. Kept in a smoke-free environment.This is an elite-tier research or display lot perfect for WWII collectors, military postal history enthusiasts, or 90th Infantry Division historians.

---

---