These letters are clues to a secret life. This is a series of letters and addressed envelopes sent to Philip St. George (?-1997) of New York City who, from all indications, identified as being a closeted gay man. George's correspondents, who may have also have been gay or bisexual, tell of their experiences in the armed forces after World War II and their life after the war, 1945-1953.
Philip St. George (also known as Philip Roxbury) seems to have identified as being a gay man. While closeted, he apparently had a rich correspondence with numerous friends who may have also identified as being gay or bisexual. What is known about St. George is very little. He lived in New York after WWII. Philip St. George?s birth name was reported as Earl Drew and possibly was of mixed race. Philip reportedly worked as a Wall Street clerk and lived alone on Manhattan dying at the age of 68 in April 1997. He had no known survivors and was buried as an indigent on Hart Island, New York.