The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime. These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).

This episode features seven documents, including letters and postcards. In these documents, after Lew goes on a few more trips on the oil tanker to Venezuela as part of the US Merchant Marines, we learn that Sweetie, Lew, and Lewis have finally reunited as a family in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia in Collingdale in July 1949. Lew is rejoining the US Navy, to resume work at Naval Air Station (NAS) Willow Grove, and he and Sweetie look for a house to rent, to find that their only real option is to buy a house for the first time. They find a house that they want, but it is not clear if they are going to succeed in purchasing it.

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The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime. These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).

This is the third of three episodes which feature letters from Sweetie's husband, Lew. This episode picks up the story with Lew in the U.S. Merchant Marine as oil tanker he is on (the SS Atlantic Transporter) goes on various trips to fill up with oil in South America, and notably at Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Lew describes what this is like, but he also starts making clear plans about what is to occur when Sweetie and Lewis reunite with him in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

For more information, please go to www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. This podcast is also available on YouTube - please like, share, and subscribe there. Follow the Love Sweetie Podcast on X at @lovesweetieshow. Follow the Love Sweetie Podcast on Instagram at love_sweetie_podcast

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime. These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime. These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed). The letters, as displayed on the screen, have been transcribed based on the original documents - as such, incorrect spellings, typos (especially as Sweetie writes the majority of her letters using a typewriter), and punctuation and other formatting (the use of caps lock for certain words) are authentic to the documents as they were originally written.

This is the second of three episodes which feature letters exclusively from Sweetie's husband, Lew. In the previous episode, Lew joined the crew of the SS Atlantic Transporter, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean and was heading into the Mediterranean Sea. This episode picks up the story, as the ship continues through the Mediterranean, past Port Said, Egypt, through the Suez Canal, and into the Persian Gulf. Throughout, Lew describes what he is seeing and life aboard the ship. In particular, he describes the tradesmen from Egypt and Kuwait coming aboard the ship to sell their wares to the men on board. He took several photos of this activity, and they are shown in this episode.

The photographs and map referenced in this episode can be seen in the photo albums on the Podcast's website at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com.

For more information, please go to www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. This podcast is also available on YouTube - please like, share, and subscribe there. Follow the Love Sweetie Podcast on X at @lovesweetieshow. Follow the Love Sweetie Podcast on Instagram at love_sweetie_podcast