June 1, 2025 • 14 mins
T/5 Justin Floyd Morgan of Morgantown IN, served in the US Army Aircorp in Europe. He served in the 3576th QM Unit.
During WW2 men and women were deployed throughout Europe and the Pacific and their only means to communicate home was through letters, handwritten notes to assure those at home they were alright and waiting for letters from their loved ones to provide semblance of support and normalcy. Over the years I have collected letters with the intention of returning to family - but first I’d like to share who these men were, where were they from and the context of where the soldiers were and what role they played in the War.
Please sit back and get to know these members of the greatest generation. It is my hope that All letters in these podcasts will return to family. If you recognize the soldiers or families, please reach out to me at and help me get the letters home
During WW2 men and women were deployed throughout Europe and the Pacific and their only means to communicate home was through letters, handwritten notes to assure those at home they were alright and waiting for letters from their loved ones to provide semblance of support and normalcy. Over the years I have collected letters with the intention of returning to family - but first I’d like to share who these men were, where were they from and the context of where the soldiers were and what role they played in the War.
Please sit back and get to know these members of the greatest generation. It is my hope that All letters in these podcasts will return to family. If you recognize the soldiers or families, please reach out to me at and help me get the letters home
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Speaker 1 (00:23):
Welcome to Warren Family Letters Home. I'm your podcast host
Lauren Yes. In this podcast we talk about letters letters
written home by US servicemen and women in World War Two.
My mission is to return World War II history the families,
one letter and one story at a time. It's my
(00:47):
hope that someone will hear the podcasts and recognize family
connections and contact me because these letters a label long home.
Thank you for joining me for this story and to
here this letter home. The letter for this week's podcast
(01:16):
was written by TOECH five Justin Floyd Morgan, No. S
Arney Air Corps Tech. Five. Morgan's letter is part of
the badge of letters I came across that were written
(01:37):
from all different soldiers to Lieutenant James U. Wisby, who
was stationed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a quartermaster unit.
Lieutenant Wisby was from Morgantown, Indiana, and most of the
soldiers that wrote him were from the same area. They
attended the same churches and social clubs, and some worked
(02:00):
for him on his dairy farm in Morgantown. Justin Floyd
Morgan was born March third, nineteen thirteen in Morgantown, Indiana.
He was the third child and the only son born
to Roscoe and Cora Morgan. It's a little hard to
track Justin's father, Roscoe. I do see on Justin's birth
(02:22):
certificate that he was employed as some type of labor,
but sadly he passed some time before nineteen thirty. On
the nineteen thirty census, I find Justin now sixteen years old,
living with his older sister and her husband in Bloomington, Indiana.
His sister's husband work was working as a laborer on
(02:45):
the railroad, and Justin was in school. On the nineteen
forty census, Justin is back in Morgantown, Indiana, living with
his mom and her new husband. Justin was working on
a dairy farm farm as a laborer. On October sixteenth,
nineteen forty, he presented himself to the Morgan County Local
(03:07):
Board and registered for the draft. He was described as
five foot six, one hundred and forty five pounds, blue eyes,
blonde hair, and a ruddy complexion. His mom is the
person that he lists that will always know his address,
and his employer is listed as James Wispy. On August twentieth,
(03:29):
nineteen forty one, the Reporter Times of Martinsville, Indiana reported
thirty five Morgan County young men will go to Fort
Harrison on Thursday morning to receive their Army physical examinations.
Due to a change in the induction procedure, however, the
men will not be kept at the fort, but will
(03:51):
return home, and those who pass the Army medical exam
successfully will be inducted later when a call from men
is sent. The Morgan County contingent will meet at Draft
headquarters in the City Hall at eight o'clock Thursday morning
for their instructions. A special bus will leave for Indianapolis
at eight thirty and the men will return home the
(04:14):
same day. The thirty five men who were making the
trip have already received physical exams from local physicians and
are in Class one A. If they pass the federal
examinations Thursday, they will be subject to call and may
enter the army without further medical examinations. The article then
(04:36):
goes on to list the names of the thirty five men,
and one of which is Justin Floyd Morgan. On March nineteenth,
nineteen forty two, the Reporter Times reported the Morgan County men,
comprising of Draft Call number twenty two left for induction
into the US Armed Forces this morning, following shorts snat ceremonies.
(05:01):
As the men gathered for their departure, Reverend J. D.
MacDonald gave a short talk and the men were presented
with a Bible by Jacob Fogelman, President of the Gideons,
and a book on the Conduct of a Soldier furnished
by the American Legion. Prayer was given by Reverend G. W. Adams.
(05:21):
A delegation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars formed a
color guard and preceded the group to the bus station.
Owing to the fact the bus on which the men
were to have traveled to Indianapolis was full when it
arrived in this city, the men were taken to the
induction center in taxicabs. The article then goes on to
(05:43):
list the men comprising of the twenty second call, and
again we find Justin Floyd Morgan. The article continues, it
is the plan to prepare ceremonies for each group that
is called from the county in the future. The vfw
U has voted to furnish a color guard and a
bugler to escort each departing contingent of selectees, and other
(06:07):
organizations are planning to participate. After army training in the US,
we find Tech five Justin Floyd Morgan in the thirty
five seventy sixth Quartermaster Unit. Quartermaster units were vital to
the war effort because they were responsible to keep the
(06:28):
supplies moving for the US to carry out their missions.
They provided essential support pushing food, clothing, ammunition, and other
vital supplies to the front. The thirty five seventy sixth
played a crucial role in supplying the one hundred and
first and eighty second Airborne before moving to the continent.
(06:51):
The thirty five seventy sixth was stationed at West Monkton, Somerset, England,
through July of nineteen forty four. On July eight, just
one day after D Day Chech five, Justin Morgan wrote
to his former employer, Lieutenant James you Wispy, who was
still stationed in Salt Lake City, June eighth, England. Dear Jim, well,
(07:17):
how are you and Thelma by now? Anyway? Can't say
much for myself except I'm still in the Army and
bitching as usual. England is a beautiful place to look at,
but I sure don't like the weather or the people
have met lots of guys. I was first in the
army with, but no one I know from home. Not
(07:38):
too bad here after getting used to it. Very little
to drink and it's poor stuff. Have a movie once
a week in the area. Haven't heard from any of
the boys lately, so don't have much news. June had
a boy born in May and both okay, let me
know how you were getting along. As ever, Budge, I
(08:01):
took note of Tech five Morgan's sign off Moniker Budge.
If you recall in the episode of Sergeant Bond, who
served in the Pacific, he wrote, I imagine Budge is
having lots of fun on his aerial work over there,
but I wouldn't care for much of that fighting over there.
(08:23):
The thirty five seventy six does not have a lot
written about them. In Quartermaster unit histories, the unit is
noted as being involved in the Battle of the Bulge.
The quartermasters pushed gasoline, food, and other supplies to the
fighting forces, often getting involved in the fighting themselves, both
on the supply chain, transportation roads and helping on the
(08:46):
front lines when they got there. Quartermaster duties were very
important and sometimes very dangerous, as you can imagine a
prime target for the enemy would be the supply lines
bringing in munition to the front. At the end of
the war, many quartermaster units stayed behind, bringing in supplies
(09:08):
to rebuild devastated areas and providing food for civilians. On
November twenty second, nineteen forty five, the Indianapolis News reported
that Private Clarence E. Terrence, Tech five, Marion Beck Junior,
and Chech five Justin F. Morgan were aboard the john S. Pillsbury,
(09:29):
which was due home in New York. Justin Morgan was
honorably discharged from the service on January nineteenth, nineteen forty six,
and the Reporter Times of Martinsville, Indiana reported the Good
News Tech five Justin F. Morgan of Morgantown was discharged
(09:51):
this week through the Camp Adderbury Separation Center. Camp Atterbury
and Indiana served as a major World War II separation center,
and it processed returning soldiers for about seven months from
the fall of nineteen forty four, discharging over five hundred
and sixty thousand soldiers, averaging about three thousand per day.
(10:18):
Justin returned to Morgantown after the war, and on the
nineteen fifty census we find him living back with his
mom and stepfather. He's thirty seven years old and is
employed as a machine operator at a manufacturing plant. And
in nineteen fifty six he married Doris Louise Zouk and
the couple moved to Monrovia, California, and had one daughter.
(10:44):
On July twenty eighth, nineteen sixty, the Daily News Post
of Monrovia, California reported the very sad news that Justin F.
Morgan passed away on the twenty seventh of a heart's tie.
The obituary reports he was forty seven years old and
(11:05):
a native of Morgantown, Indiana. Mister Morgan was employed with
the co Spar Milling Company, where he was working as
a machinist for a number of years. He was a
veteran of World War Two. He leaves his wife, Doris,
and a daughter, Barbara Jean. Funeral services were held in
(11:25):
the Douglas and Zook's Colonial Chapel and Interment, and he
was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park. Supply chain and logistics,
often overlooked, are critical not only during times of war,
but also in our everyday lives. Lately, we've been hearing
(11:48):
quite a bit about global trade and the availability of goods.
Now imagine being part of a team responsible for moving
those goods through a war zone, off and under fire,
knowing that failure could cost lives on the front lines.
It was an incredibly important job and one that came
(12:08):
with heavy burdens. Thank you for joining me today as
we explored the story of Justin Floyd Morgan. This is
the second episode in our podcast series highlighting the lives
of Morgantown men who served in World War Two. Most
(12:31):
powerful stories come to us thanks to the letters that
were so carefully preserved by Lieutenant Wispy. If you know
anyone from the Morgan family of Morgantown, Indiana, please consider
sharing this podcast with them, and I can be contacted
(12:51):
at Warren Family at outlook dot com. Warren Family Letters
Home is self funded and we will never ever ask
a family for any compensation to receive a letter home.
If you would like to contribute to my mission of
returning history to families, please contact me. You can find
(13:14):
me on Facebook at Warren Family Letters Home, and I
can be reached via email at Warren Family at outlook
dot com. All details in this podcast were discovered by
research done by me using public military genealogy on a
newspaper search site. We support our military its whether active
(13:38):
or veteran status. These men and women sacrifice to serve
this great country, whether in war or peace time. And
until next week, this is Lauren Muse and you have
been listening to Warren Family The Letters Home, Vada,
Welcome to Warren Family Letters Home. I'm your podcast host
Lauren Yes. In this podcast we talk about letters letters
written home by US servicemen and women in World War Two.
My mission is to return World War II history the families,
one letter and one story at a time. It's my
(00:47):
hope that someone will hear the podcasts and recognize family
connections and contact me because these letters a label long home.
Thank you for joining me for this story and to
here this letter home. The letter for this week's podcast
(01:16):
was written by TOECH five Justin Floyd Morgan, No. S
Arney Air Corps Tech. Five. Morgan's letter is part of
the badge of letters I came across that were written
(01:37):
from all different soldiers to Lieutenant James U. Wisby, who
was stationed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a quartermaster unit.
Lieutenant Wisby was from Morgantown, Indiana, and most of the
soldiers that wrote him were from the same area. They
attended the same churches and social clubs, and some worked
(02:00):
for him on his dairy farm in Morgantown. Justin Floyd
Morgan was born March third, nineteen thirteen in Morgantown, Indiana.
He was the third child and the only son born
to Roscoe and Cora Morgan. It's a little hard to
track Justin's father, Roscoe. I do see on Justin's birth
(02:22):
certificate that he was employed as some type of labor,
but sadly he passed some time before nineteen thirty. On
the nineteen thirty census, I find Justin now sixteen years old,
living with his older sister and her husband in Bloomington, Indiana.
His sister's husband work was working as a laborer on
(02:45):
the railroad, and Justin was in school. On the nineteen
forty census, Justin is back in Morgantown, Indiana, living with
his mom and her new husband. Justin was working on
a dairy farm farm as a laborer. On October sixteenth,
nineteen forty, he presented himself to the Morgan County Local
(03:07):
Board and registered for the draft. He was described as
five foot six, one hundred and forty five pounds, blue eyes,
blonde hair, and a ruddy complexion. His mom is the
person that he lists that will always know his address,
and his employer is listed as James Wispy. On August twentieth,
(03:29):
nineteen forty one, the Reporter Times of Martinsville, Indiana reported
thirty five Morgan County young men will go to Fort
Harrison on Thursday morning to receive their Army physical examinations.
Due to a change in the induction procedure, however, the
men will not be kept at the fort, but will
(03:51):
return home, and those who pass the Army medical exam
successfully will be inducted later when a call from men
is sent. The Morgan County contingent will meet at Draft
headquarters in the City Hall at eight o'clock Thursday morning
for their instructions. A special bus will leave for Indianapolis
at eight thirty and the men will return home the
(04:14):
same day. The thirty five men who were making the
trip have already received physical exams from local physicians and
are in Class one A. If they pass the federal
examinations Thursday, they will be subject to call and may
enter the army without further medical examinations. The article then
(04:36):
goes on to list the names of the thirty five men,
and one of which is Justin Floyd Morgan. On March nineteenth,
nineteen forty two, the Reporter Times reported the Morgan County men,
comprising of Draft Call number twenty two left for induction
into the US Armed Forces this morning, following shorts snat ceremonies.
(05:01):
As the men gathered for their departure, Reverend J. D.
MacDonald gave a short talk and the men were presented
with a Bible by Jacob Fogelman, President of the Gideons,
and a book on the Conduct of a Soldier furnished
by the American Legion. Prayer was given by Reverend G. W. Adams.
(05:21):
A delegation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars formed a
color guard and preceded the group to the bus station.
Owing to the fact the bus on which the men
were to have traveled to Indianapolis was full when it
arrived in this city, the men were taken to the
induction center in taxicabs. The article then goes on to
(05:43):
list the men comprising of the twenty second call, and
again we find Justin Floyd Morgan. The article continues, it
is the plan to prepare ceremonies for each group that
is called from the county in the future. The vfw
U has voted to furnish a color guard and a
bugler to escort each departing contingent of selectees, and other
(06:07):
organizations are planning to participate. After army training in the US,
we find Tech five Justin Floyd Morgan in the thirty
five seventy sixth Quartermaster Unit. Quartermaster units were vital to
the war effort because they were responsible to keep the
(06:28):
supplies moving for the US to carry out their missions.
They provided essential support pushing food, clothing, ammunition, and other
vital supplies to the front. The thirty five seventy sixth
played a crucial role in supplying the one hundred and
first and eighty second Airborne before moving to the continent.
(06:51):
The thirty five seventy sixth was stationed at West Monkton, Somerset, England,
through July of nineteen forty four. On July eight, just
one day after D Day Chech five, Justin Morgan wrote
to his former employer, Lieutenant James you Wispy, who was
still stationed in Salt Lake City, June eighth, England. Dear Jim, well,
(07:17):
how are you and Thelma by now? Anyway? Can't say
much for myself except I'm still in the Army and
bitching as usual. England is a beautiful place to look at,
but I sure don't like the weather or the people
have met lots of guys. I was first in the
army with, but no one I know from home. Not
(07:38):
too bad here after getting used to it. Very little
to drink and it's poor stuff. Have a movie once
a week in the area. Haven't heard from any of
the boys lately, so don't have much news. June had
a boy born in May and both okay, let me
know how you were getting along. As ever, Budge, I
(08:01):
took note of Tech five Morgan's sign off Moniker Budge.
If you recall in the episode of Sergeant Bond, who
served in the Pacific, he wrote, I imagine Budge is
having lots of fun on his aerial work over there,
but I wouldn't care for much of that fighting over there.
(08:23):
The thirty five seventy six does not have a lot
written about them. In Quartermaster unit histories, the unit is
noted as being involved in the Battle of the Bulge.
The quartermasters pushed gasoline, food, and other supplies to the
fighting forces, often getting involved in the fighting themselves, both
on the supply chain, transportation roads and helping on the
(08:46):
front lines when they got there. Quartermaster duties were very
important and sometimes very dangerous, as you can imagine a
prime target for the enemy would be the supply lines
bringing in munition to the front. At the end of
the war, many quartermaster units stayed behind, bringing in supplies
(09:08):
to rebuild devastated areas and providing food for civilians. On
November twenty second, nineteen forty five, the Indianapolis News reported
that Private Clarence E. Terrence, Tech five, Marion Beck Junior,
and Chech five Justin F. Morgan were aboard the john S. Pillsbury,
(09:29):
which was due home in New York. Justin Morgan was
honorably discharged from the service on January nineteenth, nineteen forty six,
and the Reporter Times of Martinsville, Indiana reported the Good
News Tech five Justin F. Morgan of Morgantown was discharged
(09:51):
this week through the Camp Adderbury Separation Center. Camp Atterbury
and Indiana served as a major World War II separation center,
and it processed returning soldiers for about seven months from
the fall of nineteen forty four, discharging over five hundred
and sixty thousand soldiers, averaging about three thousand per day.
(10:18):
Justin returned to Morgantown after the war, and on the
nineteen fifty census we find him living back with his
mom and stepfather. He's thirty seven years old and is
employed as a machine operator at a manufacturing plant. And
in nineteen fifty six he married Doris Louise Zouk and
the couple moved to Monrovia, California, and had one daughter.
(10:44):
On July twenty eighth, nineteen sixty, the Daily News Post
of Monrovia, California reported the very sad news that Justin F.
Morgan passed away on the twenty seventh of a heart's tie.
The obituary reports he was forty seven years old and
(11:05):
a native of Morgantown, Indiana. Mister Morgan was employed with
the co Spar Milling Company, where he was working as
a machinist for a number of years. He was a
veteran of World War Two. He leaves his wife, Doris,
and a daughter, Barbara Jean. Funeral services were held in
(11:25):
the Douglas and Zook's Colonial Chapel and Interment, and he
was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park. Supply chain and logistics,
often overlooked, are critical not only during times of war,
but also in our everyday lives. Lately, we've been hearing
(11:48):
quite a bit about global trade and the availability of goods.
Now imagine being part of a team responsible for moving
those goods through a war zone, off and under fire,
knowing that failure could cost lives on the front lines.
It was an incredibly important job and one that came
(12:08):
with heavy burdens. Thank you for joining me today as
we explored the story of Justin Floyd Morgan. This is
the second episode in our podcast series highlighting the lives
of Morgantown men who served in World War Two. Most
(12:31):
powerful stories come to us thanks to the letters that
were so carefully preserved by Lieutenant Wispy. If you know
anyone from the Morgan family of Morgantown, Indiana, please consider
sharing this podcast with them, and I can be contacted
(12:51):
at Warren Family at outlook dot com. Warren Family Letters
Home is self funded and we will never ever ask
a family for any compensation to receive a letter home.
If you would like to contribute to my mission of
returning history to families, please contact me. You can find
(13:14):
me on Facebook at Warren Family Letters Home, and I
can be reached via email at Warren Family at outlook
dot com. All details in this podcast were discovered by
research done by me using public military genealogy on a
newspaper search site. We support our military its whether active
(13:38):
or veteran status. These men and women sacrifice to serve
this great country, whether in war or peace time. And
until next week, this is Lauren Muse and you have
been listening to Warren Family The Letters Home, Vada,
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