LETTERS RECEIVED,, 1941-1998, (bulk 1941-1949)

Summary: Incoming letters to Henry Burfeind from his parents, friends, Navy ship mates, a Captain Watson, Terry Sanford, the former governor of North Carolina, a historian, and local business leaders from New Jersey. The letters pertain to a variety of Henry's personal and professional matters. Most noteworthy are heartfelt letters from his parents that express joy and elation when they learned of his safe return to the United States following a brief period of missing in action after his battleship the U.S.S. Pillsbury was bombed in Cavite, Philippines. Two letters dated in April 1942 from an admirer, Bee, have an attached photo of her and another woman. Another letter dated in April 1942 is from Bee's husband, Gordon who expresses bitterness and jealously after finding out she is in love with Henry. Terry Sanford, the governor of North Carolina at the time, thanked Henry for his assistance in the transfer of the U.S.S. North Carolina to the State ofN01th Carolina in a letter dated September 11, 1961. An August 1998 letter from historian who was writing a book on racial integration in the United States Naval Academy, requested that Henry answer questions (attached to the letter) about James Lee Johnson, Jr., the first African American to become a midshipman in the 20th century. Johnson was in Henry's graduating class of 1937.