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Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - August 24, 1942
Description: Jimmy has started an Airplane Structures class and he describes a Glenn L. Martin bomber plane.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11609

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - August 26, 1942
Description: Writing from the Service Club, Jimmy relays news that Grinnell is going to be used as an Officer’s Training School.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11614

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - August 28, 1942
Description: Jimmy explains why Sheppard Field is considered one of the toughest camps with low morale.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11622

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - August 31, 1942
Description: Jimmy talks about letters he has received from family and friends.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11626

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - August 7, 1942
Description: After completing his first two weeks at Sheppard Field, Jimmy writes about the heat and his postal correspondence with family and friends.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11566

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - November 4, 1942
Description: Jimmy compares new lieutenants with more experienced officers. His letter from Aunt Ida mentions black-out curtains.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:18644

Title: Joan
Description: Joan (last name unknown), the wartime girlfriend of Jack Eugene Pilgrim who died in an explosion upon the USS Natchez in New York City harbor in 1942.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:17381

Title: Letter from Harold S. Matthews (May 11, 1945), Matthews Family Circle letter: Helen, Jack, Jean, Roderic
Description: Harold Matthews writing about his experience in Europe during World War II.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:17413

Title: Purple Heart Certificate
Description: A Purple Heart certificate posthumously awarded to Jimmy Ley on 18 September 1945.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:27767

Title: Purple Heart Certificate
Description: A Purple Heart certificate posthumously awarded to Jimmy Ley on 21 September 1948.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:27768