Stopping here at Raton New Mexico for breakfast. Should be in Las Vegas within three hrs. Boy is it cold in these parts.
Jim
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This blog contains a collection of fifty-seven letters written by my father, James R Chellis, to his family in Woodhaven, New York as he went through training to become a Naval Aviator in 1943. The ground school training took place on the campus of RPI in Troy, New York. He was then sent to Las Vegas, New Mexico for flight training, then on to the Long Beach Naval Hospital in Los Angeles, California for treatment of a pre-existing knee injury.
Letters Home from James R. Chellis
Cadet Chellis
Cast of Characters
Jim- born May 1923
The Chellis Family- living at 9111 84th St, Woodhaven, Long Island, New York
Pops- Jim's father, Robert E Chellis
Mother - Jim's mother, Kathleen P Chellis
Bobby- Jim's older brother, Robert
Jerry- Jim's younger brother
Mary- Jim's younger sister
Mat- Jim's Aunt- sister of his mother
Bub- Jim's cousin
The Chellis Family- living at 9111 84th St, Woodhaven, Long Island, New York
Pops- Jim's father, Robert E Chellis
Mother - Jim's mother, Kathleen P Chellis
Bobby- Jim's older brother, Robert
Jerry- Jim's younger brother
Mary- Jim's younger sister
Mat- Jim's Aunt- sister of his mother
Bub- Jim's cousin
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About Me
- Gayle Chellis Grim
- I am the daughter of James R Chellis.I found these letters to be both interesting and entertaining. I thought that a blog would be the best way to make them available to any relatives or friends that might also be interested, and to preserve and store them in cyberspace.
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