E. E. Alderman, a Daytonian interested in short wave reception, relayed thousands of messages to families during WWII. Families received news of whether their loved ones had died, were prisoners, or were coming home. By doing this for the Dayton community, it is estimated that he relayed messages to over 9,000 families.
As a result of this, one of our readers reached out to us to share two postcards that E.E. Alderman sent about his grandfather, Private G.M. Brown.
The first postcard, dated December 12, 1944, was addressed to the postmaster of Canandaigua, New York to notify the kin of Brown’s capture by the Germans.
The second post card was to Brown’s sister Doris, dated December 22, 1944. This message thanked her for her contribution to Alderman’s endeavors and notifying her that her brother was safe and well, although still a Prisoner of War.
Our reader, Pete Granger, has donated these postcards and many other documents related to his grandfather’s service to the National Infantry Museum & Soldier Center.
Dayton Unknown 
This is cool! I had no idea anyone had done this.
My grandfather got a postcard from E.E. Alderman on 6/16/1944 informing them that my uncle was one of 3 captured soldiers taken in Southern Italy. My Uncle survived the camp and the war and lived into his 90’s with a bullet still lodged in his knee! He received 2 Purple Hearts.
This is fun to find as he was my Great Uncle and I knew nothing about him!
Kathryn Lee