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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Percy Lafayette Morris, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2232
Scope and Content Note

The collection primarily consists of letters from Percy Lafayette Morris, Jr., to his mother and stepfather, then living in Winchester, Arkansas, while Morris was serving during World War II. Also included is Morris' sugar ration booklet, and a family quilt honoring those who served in the U.S. military.

Dates: 1944-1945, undated

Clyde Richmond Correspondence to Nema Wright Richmond

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2621
Content Description The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Clyde Richmond to Nema Wright Richmond; letters begin as courtship letters, and continue after their marriage. Letters from 1940 were primarily written from Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 3795 in West Fork, Arkansas; the bulk of 1941 correspondence was written from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1942, Clyde Richmond began working at the California Ship Building Company in Long Beach, California, and subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Coast...
Dates: 1940-1949