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Stone, Sayord, fl. 1943-1944 to Richard Jerome Silbiger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09684.09 Author/Creator: Stone, Sayord, fl. 1943-1944 Place Written: Monmouth, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1943 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 24 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Sayord Stone to Richard Jerome Silbiger dated June 16, 1943. Sayord writes that he received Richard's letter and understands the contentment he gets from Dorothy's presence. He asks if Richard is loving radar work. Sayord writes the O.C.S. (Officer Candidate School) is diminishing and getting replaced by WAAC's (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). There is now an order that 80 percent of the personnel must be 1B men. He writes that this week they started training. He feels it is weird as it is his first time training since basic. Syaord writes that despite his wife's objections he has written up his application for O.C.S. and may put in for it. This letter is written on American Red Cross stationery.

Stone, Sayord, fl. 1943-1944
Silbiger, Richard Jerome, 1922-1999

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