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Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943 to the family of LeRoi Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.061 Author/Creator: Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943 Place Written: Oscoda, Michigan Type: Autograph letter signed Date: Circa 1941-1943 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Letter to his family, in which LeRoi Williams describes being sent to an Army Air Field in Northern Michigan to practice gunnery. He describes the training he's been given and the practice of skip bombing.

Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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