Flora Adams Dobson

A Soldier and His Redhead Flora Adams Dobson

Our Soldier, Jesse LaVerd Dobson, was drafted into service on April 21, 1941. He first served stateside, then in North Africaand Italy during World War II. His Redhead, Flora Adams, married him on December9, 1942-two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His Redhead spent months following her Soldier around on Greyhound buses from one base to another, sometimes fallingasleep on the long back seat as the bus rumbled through the night. All this so they could spend precious bits of time together before his unit was shipped overseas. While apart, our Soldier kept their love shining bright sending letters home including his own heart-felt poetry. His Redheadsent back a few of her own. Our Soldier put them all in a red hand-tooled leather booklet as pictured on this cover-which he illustrated with drawings of falling stars that arched over their marriage for 42 years.