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Linder, Arno, fl. 1943 to Richard Jerome Silbiger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09684.10 Author/Creator: Linder, Arno, fl. 1943 Place Written: Macon, Georgia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 11 June 1943 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Arno Linder to Richard Jerome Silbiger dated June 11, 1943, but postmarked July 12, 1943. Arno updates Richard on some of their comrades writing: Paul Margolin is at the University of Mississippi, Milt Wiltsek is at Georgia Tech, and Joe Sugarman arrived at Macon that morning. Arno is taking a review course for the 268 (Signal Corps Radio no. 268) that lasts four weeks. He heard that Richard has signed up to be an aviation cadet and thinks he should back out. He says Richard should contact Colonel Green and Green will go to bat for his group. Arno complains about Macon, Georgia, and says it is a horrible place.

Linder, Arno, fl. 1943
Silbiger, Richard Jerome, 1922-1999
Margolin, Paul, fl. 1943
Wiltsek, Milt, fl. 1943
Sugarman, Joe, fl. 1943

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