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Cleartype Maps [Cleartype General Map of the Pacific Ocean, Southeastern Asia, and Austrailia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.251 Author/Creator: Cleartype Maps Place Written: New York, New York Type: Map Date: circa 1940-1946 Pagination: 1 map : paper : color ; 81.1 x 112 cm. Order a Copy

A map of the Pacific Ocean, Southeastern Asia and Austrailia. Copyright the American Map Company Inc. Originally published by Cleartype Maps. Contains Robert L. Stone's notes on where he traveled when he was deployed.

Robert "Bob" Stone was a Bombardier in World War II and served in the Pacific Front. These letters, were compiled by Bob's wife, Sheila M. Stone, and Ali Adair into a book named Letters in a Box. This book details Bob's service to his country, and his life after the war. Bob's letters were donated to the collection by his wife, Sheila M. Stone, in 2017. It contains a variety of letters, postcards, patches, pins, photographs, and scrapbooks that relate to Bob's training and combat missions.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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