WWII letters found at a Kentucky Goodwill
A box containing two letters sent 80 years ago were donated to a Goodwill Store in Kentucky. Th letters were addressed to Elizabeth W. Smith at a P. O. Box in Bristol, Pennsylvania and written by Navy seaman Robert Ballantine, gunners mate, 3rd class, aboard the USS LST-385.
There is no work and Goodwill isn’t sure how the letters wound up at Bellevue, Kentucky Goodwill. They are trying to find out.
It’ was reported by a news outlet that the first letter was sent from the naval training center in Great Lakes, Illinois\, the 2nd letter was sent from aboard the ship.
Goodwill said they are trying to find Ballantine’s next of kin so they can return the letters to them.
