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Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - October 7, 1943
Description: Jimmy is still living in a tent. He hopes the Yankees will win the World Series. He asks what the general opinion in the US is as to how long the war will last.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18712

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - September 15, 1943
Description: Jimmy is worried about the Germans in Italy. He notes the death of Nile Kinnick.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18707

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - September 17, 1943
Description: Jimmy sends home money and tells his parents to put some of it in bonds and give some to David, and to Betty’s expected baby. He received letters from Billy, Ruth, Janette, and Aunt Ada.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18708

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - September 25, 1943
Description: Jimmy writes from a Red Cross lounge. He admits that he has tears in his eyes thinking about how much he misses all his family.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18709

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - September 7, 1943
Description: Jimmy rides his bike frequently. He hasn’t heard much about the invasion in Italy.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18705

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley- May 7, 1943
Description: A telegram from Jimmy announces that he will arrive in Des Moines by train the following morning.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18689

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mrs. Opal V. Wheeler - January 28, 1943
Description: In a letter to his grandmother, Jimmy explains that he will wait to visit her until his mother comes to Florida, as well. He encloses a letter written by his sister-in-law Ruth from the perspective of her baby son Dave. Jimmy sends it on to his grandmother, Opal Wheeler.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18672

Title: Lucille Ley to Jimmy Ley - December 31, 1943
Description: Jimmy's mother sends a letter postmarked from Lakota again instead of Fort Madison. She expresses pride in Jimmy's Air Medal award even though postal mixups have delayed the news's arrival. She sends news and warm wishes from various parties including Bobbie, Della, and the Buckels. She laments Jimmy's nine-day hospital stay, wishes him a Happy New Year, and tells him she is praying for his "courage and safety and well being[sic]." She asks whether he has received the photograph of her and a sweater from Ruth and Bill.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:26471