Ashley Triplett

Mr. Blas

Honors U.S. History

October 16, 2014

Levi Kinsel Personality Profile

        Levi Kinsel was a sailor in the US Navy during WWII. During his time in the Navy, he wrote constantly to his wife, Rose Kinsel, who lived in San Diego. Rose kept all of the letters that were sent by Levi while he was away. For a class project, we transcribed all of the letters and they are now publicly available. During this project, we learned much about Levi. Some of the personality traits that we saw in Levi were that he is was realistic, considerate, and observant.

        One of his traits that we observed was that Levi was realistic. He didn’t sugar coat anything or make it sound any different than what it was. If he went out and got drunk with some friends, he would tell Rose that he went out with some friends and got drunk. If he was hurt or sore, he would tell her exactly what happened or how he’s feeling. In his letter dated 4/14/1939, he wrote that “Last night I had a couple of beers.” Noways, that’s not exactly something that people say to their wives.

        Another trait that we saw in Levi is that he is very considerate. He is constantly thinking about Rose and writing to her to see how she’s doing. In almost every he wrote he asks how she’s doing and tells her that he misses her a lot. He sends gifts to her and looks forward to seeing her all the time. He always has a picture of Rose with him and talks to Rose as often as he can.

        Levi was also a very observant person. He noticed every little detail. He noticed all the details that Rose would talk about. In several letters he wrote, we had to go back and re-read to figure out what he was mentioning. He remembers basically everything that Rose says and also figures out things that Rose doesn’t even tell him. His letter dated 3/20/1939, he writes, “I received your letter yesterday, it must have been bad weather there or something. It was written the 17 mailed the 15 and I got it the 18th you must have been drinking something potent.”

        Levi Kinsel was a sailor for the U.S. Navy that sent letters to his wife, Rose. He served during WWII and all of his letters that were sent have been transcribed by our class and now are online for his family and everybody else to see. Some characteristics we saw in Levi was that he was realistic, considerate, and observant.