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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 - December 4, 1944
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Anna Lee implies in her letter that she has recived word that her son is dead. She mentions that she is still praying for the other members of the crew that are only reported as missing, including Jimmy. Anna Lee tells Lucille about an old friend of her son that paid her a visit and the good memories he brought back. She asks Lucille to write back any news she hears.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:26510
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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 2, 1944
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Anna Lee talks about her son and his reported death. She mentions that her son sometimes talked about Jimmy in his letters home as they were part of the same crew. She offers her sympathy to Lucille (presumably because Jimmy has been reported as missing) and hopes that maybe they have heard different news.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:26507
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Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 24, 1944
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Anna Lee mentions the connections she's created with the other crew members' parents. She sends pictures and information regarding crew to keep Lucille updated on the situation. She asks Lucille if she has recieved the last letter one of the crew member's was able to write and says that if not she will send it her way.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:26509
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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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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
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Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - June 28, 1945
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Mary writes that she hopes Lucille will get an answer to her letter to the Com. Gen. of the Air Force. She confides that sometimes she thinks that the government knows the fate of the boys, but isn't telling the families. Then she talks about her other son in the military who is unharmed despite an attack on his boat. Finally, Mary tells Lucille she has moved into a smaller house.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:26515
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Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - November 27, 1944
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Mary, another mother with a son reported as missing, writes to Lucille to tell her she has not yet recieved her son Kenneth's personal items. She writes that her other son in England communicated with some of the boys from Kenneth's base who have high hopes the crew will return. Finally Mary relates to Lucille how her family has changed since the start of the war.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:26514