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- GLC#
- GLC09620.137-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 October 1944
- Author/Creator
- Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
- Title
- to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone
- Place Written
- Marshall Islands
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 16.7 cm
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- Transcript of document
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
Addressed to "Dad + Bee." He is still waiting for his first mission. Actress Betty Hutton put on a show but had to cut it short as she got sick, probably due to the "sultry weather." He really does not like this weather as it is sweltering and uncomfortable. He has yet to receive any mail, minus a letter from Pam sent to his old APO number. Everyone is feeling "down in the mouth" as an order came through requiring forty missions. Some were almost finished and would've been home for Christmas, but now it will take longer.
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