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Jack Leisz in WWII

Basic Training

Camp Lee, Virginia from November 1942 to August 1943 

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North Africa

"Well Mom when we left New York way back in '43 we landed in Oran, Africa after being on the boat for 13 days...The convoy itself was one of the biggest that come across and we were escorted all the way by cruisers airplane carriers and battle wagons. We felt pretty secure." READ MORE

Italy: Naples, Ortona, Bari, Rome, Leghorn, Pisa

"Then in Feb. of '44 we were on our way to Italy, 13 days from Bizirta to Naples and on C rations too. Boy, were we a starved bunch of G.I.'s! C rations are alright for about 4 or 5 days then it's pretty tough to keep them down. 


Pretty rough too coming through the Straits of Messina. We were all sea sick on that ride believe me!  Anyone of us would have given 10 dollars for a good old fashioned hamburg before that trip was over. That's one I'll never forget. " 



READ 1ST AND 2ND LETTERS FROM JACK IN ITALY TO HIS FAMILY IN CLEVELAND

1945: letters from Jack Leisz in Italy

May 1945 was the first time Jack Leisz could write to his family and not have his letters censored by the
War Department. In these two very special missives, he shares for the first time with the folks back home his experiences while stationed overseas in North Africa and Italy during World War II.


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1945_First uncensored letter about past 3 years (pdf)

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1945_Second uncensored letter about past 3 years (pdf)

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1943-44: Army basic training

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Home on Leave to the Family on Joan Ave. in Cleveland

Check out photos of Jack Leisz with his siblings, nieces and nephews, and mother when he came home on leave in 1943 during basic training and before he left the U.S. in August 1943 to serve 25 months overseas.

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Jack's honorable discharge papers

JohnLeopoldLeisz_WW2HonorableDischarge.pdf (pdf)

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JohnLeopoldLeisz_WW2SeparationQualificationRecord.pdf (pdf)

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Marie writes to kid brother Jackie in WWII

Marie is the eldest of the children of Joseph Leisz and Louisa Haspray Leisz, and her brother Jackie was the youngest. Marie was 19 years old when Jackie was born in 1921. He went to war in Nov. 1942, the same year Pa died (in March). 

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