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Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - April 17, 1945
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Anna Lee writes to Lucille about visiting her parents. She says she continues to pray for the missing crew members and that she hopes they have escaped. She tells Lucille to keep busy her and her husband have bought some chicks.
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26512
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Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - February 13, 1945
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Anna Lee writes to ask Lucille if she has had any news about Jimmy. She talks about how she recieved her son's personal items the other day and how hard it was for her to read his letters. She mentions it has now been almost a year since the crew's mission failed.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26511
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Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - July 16, 1945
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Anna Lee writes about missing the presentation of her son's awards due to bad weather conditions. Then, she talks specifically about their son's personal items they recieved. Anna Lee tells Lucille about her two contacts in Germany and France looking for more information on the crew by looking in prison camps and checking graves. She continues to pray for good news.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26513
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Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 3, 1945
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Anna Lee asks Lucille again what she has heard or read in regards to their sons. She tells Lucille about her contacts that she has that are actively looking for information.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26508
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Hazel Datz to Lucille Ley - January 2, 1945
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Hazel informs Lucille that she has read and forwarded the Christmas card to her son John who is a fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific. She emphasizes how sad she and John were to hear that Jimmy is missing. She informs Lucille that John is not returning home until at least March. She expresses solidarity as another mother of a soldier and encourages Lucille to have courage and to hold out hope for Jimmy's return.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26506
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John L. Smith to Lucille Ley - November 13, 1945
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John tells Lucille that he has received the final report and that his son is presumed dead. He provides his son's badge (?) number and asks Lucille for Jimmy's number so that he can send the information to the Quartermaster General's office. He says he intends to inquire about the deaths and burials of all the soldiers who were shot down on the 29th of February.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26524
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John L. Smith to Lucille Ley - June 29, 1945
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John expresses his condolences to Lucille and his frustrations that their sons have not been located in France--alive or dead. He says he has received his son John's belongings and has little hope left for his son's safe return. He tells Lucille a second hand account of the plane crash that killed their sons and he thanks her for reaching out to the Air Commander.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26526
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Marietta Bonnett to Lucille Ley - February 20, 1945
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Marietta writes about her mother's sudden heart attack and her trouble taking care of Bonnie, her daughter. She asks Lucille if she has recieved any more information about Jimmy. Marietta tells Lucille that hearing news from other soldiers about her husband always makes her happy.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26505
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Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - August 26, 1945
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Mary asks if Lucille has heard from Jimmy and mentions she has not yet heard from her own son. She wonders whether or not Lucille's letter to the governement was ever answered. Mary feels happy now that the war is over and her other sons can return home.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26516