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Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone, Beatrice Stone, Don Stone, and other family and friends

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.009 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Postcard Date: 18 February 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 9.9 x 15.0 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Transcript of document

Addressed to "All." Hasty card to say he is off of quarantine and went into Nashville to meet Lois and Phil for cocktails and expects to see them for dinner later in the week.

Postcard has a picture of a silver B-24 bomber plane called the "Flying Fortress" flying on a light blue background with "Keep 'Em Flying" in red lettering.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Stone, Jacob, fl. 1894-1985
Stone, Beatrice Hecht Marks, 1901-1962
Stone, Donald, 1925-2017

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