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Wiggs, Norman S., fl. 1949 Dear Mrs. Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.176 Author/Creator: Wiggs, Norman S., fl. 1949 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed letter signed Date: 4 October 1949 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

A letter to Cordelia Williams informing her when Eugene Williams' remains will arrive in the country. It is signed Norman S. Wiggs, Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster General of the United States Army. It is written on letterhead from the Department of the Army.

Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978
Williams, Eugene W., 1925-1949

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