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Title: Air Medal and Purple Cross
Description: Jimmy Ley was posthumously awarded two Purple Hears and an Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters for sustaining wounds resulting in death during a combat mission and for meritorious achievement while participating in five bombardment missions over active enemy occupied territory, respectively. The two medals were mounted and framed by Jimmy's parents.
PID: grinnell:27770

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - December 4, 1944
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26510

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 2, 1944
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26507

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 24, 1944
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26509

Title: Certificate of Condolence
Description: A certificate of condolence given to the family of Jimmy Ley by Harry Truman, president of the United States. This is similar to the other certificate of condolence, but does not provide a date of death.
PID: grinnell:27766

Title: Certificate of Condolence
Description: A certificate of condolence given to the family of Jimmy Ley by Harry Truman, president of the United States. This document specifies the date of Jimmy's passing as 29 February 1944.
PID: grinnell:27764

Title: Description of Jimmy's Commendations
Description: A framed document describing the commendations that Jimmy received posthumously: the distinguished flying cross, the air medal, and three oak leaf clusters to the air medal. The document also includes a photo of Jimmy in uniform and a photo of his mother receiving them from Lt. Col. A.T. Lobdell.
PID: grinnell:27761

Title: Distinguished Flying Cross medal
Description: Jimmy Ley was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying cross "for extraordinary achivement while serving as an Engineer-Gunner on a B-26 airplane on twenty-five bombardment missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. Description taken from the framed description of Jimmy's commendations. The medal was mounted and framed by Jimmy's parents.
PID: grinnell:27769