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Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018 to Lula and John Elmer Dyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09996.082 Author/Creator: Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018 Place Written: San Antonio, Texas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 January 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Robert E. Dyer to Lula and John Elmer Dyer dated January 10, 1944. Written on stationery featuring a man falling from the sky reading a manual with "Instructions For Emergency Parachute Jump" across the front a caption to the image reads, I'll soon be down to where I can write you more often."

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018
Dyer, Lula, 1888-1965
Dyer, John Elmer, 1876-1953

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