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Contains 13 Results:

[Correspondence], 1944 August

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents 116. 8/14/44-France. Lots of bees, even in food. Bit into a bee that was in his food, and the bee stung his lip. No longer in envelope: article on Los Angeles and a card from the men of Pacific Lodge. 117. 8//15/44-France. Description of an interesting dinner with a French family. No longer in envelope: a leaflet-he wondered if it was an invitation to the Germans to surrender. 118. Rcv’d 9/6/44-France. Telegram. Happy Anniversary. 119. 8/25/44-France. Happy Anniversary. Germans retreating....
Dates: 1944 August

[Correspondence], 1944 September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents 123. 9/3/44-France. Happy to be following Patton. Received the package Natalie sent him with a comb, nail file and cigarette case. 124. 9/4/44-France. They are painting swastikas on their equipment to fool the Luftwaffe. French townspeople strip and cut hair and march naked through the streets some of the "German lovers"-French girls who willingly slept with Germans. Enclosed in envelope: article on this situation and other articles. 125. 9/6/44-France. Received photos mom sent him. Still no...
Dates: 1944 September

[Correspondence], 1944 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents 129. 10/3/44-(out of order)-Telegram. Happy Jewish New Year. 147. 10/1/44-France. Wet and cold. Still no overcoats. Presently at rear area at rest. Lots of traffic rules. Enclosed in envelope: a Sad Sack cartoon. 148. 10/4/44-France. General Hershey made a speech about discharge of veterans, which disgusted the troops. Sent her a Stars and Stripes on this point, but not in envelope. 149. 10/5/44-France. Battery has been officially credited with bringing down 6 German planes in an hour on the...
Dates: 1944 October