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Title: Marietta Bonnett to Lucille Ley - December 11, 1944
Description: Marietta talks about her daughter and how she wishes her husband could have met the baby before he passed while serving. Through another pilot Marietta was able to find out the circumstances of Bennie's death. She tells Lucille about how she received a medal in his name and hopes Lucille has heard from Jimmy.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26504

Title: Marietta Bonnett to Lucille Ley - February 20, 1945
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26505

Title: Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - August 26, 1945
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26516

Title: Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - June 28, 1945
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26515

Title: Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - November 27, 1944
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26514

Title: Mrs. H. L. Luke to Lucille Ley - November 20, 1944
Description: Mrs. Luke thanks Lucille for her letter and for the additional information Lucille was able to provide about the circumstances of her stepson George's death. She requests a copy of one of Lucille's photographs. She says she is glad to know some of the crew of the plane is still missing and not officially pronounced dead, and she hopes for good news soon. Mrs. Luke describes her internal struggle with her hatred for the Germans. She tells Lucille a little about George, about her own children, and about George's older brother who was also killed in action.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26518

Title: Poem by Lucille Ley
Description: Poem written by Lucille Ley after the death of her son, Jimmy. Undated.
PID: grinnell:26722

Title: Portrait of Jimmy Ley
Description: A framed head-and-shoulders portrait of Jimmy Ley wearing his mission gear.
PID: grinnell:27771

Title: Portrait of Jimmy Ley in a suit
Description: A framed head-and-shoulders portrait of Jimmy Ley wearing a suit and tie.
PID: grinnell:27762

Title: Ruth Ley to Jimmy Ley - February 1, 1944
Description: Ruth talks about her husband's job and the health of her son, Dave. She then starts to write about family friends and the well being of their children. Currently, Sue is in the hospital with pneumonia. Ruth mentions how proud everyone is that Jimmy is recieveing both the Air Medal and the Oak Leaf Cluster, but is sad that he couldn't return home for his furlough.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26502