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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Mary Lawyer and Donald Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.28 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1969 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated April 20, 1969. He writes addressing them as Mom and Dad. Updates them on his recent service and on a friend paying him back from a loan. He also mentions going back to Vietnam but in a letter to Donna on the 13th (GLC09908.27) he mentions going to Camp Evans which is in Vietnam Northwest of Hue.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017
Lawyer, Mary, fl. 1968-1969

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