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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 13-14, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her friend Phyl, exploring a B-29, a leaky warehouse, delivering food, trying to get disinfectant, being put in charge of Red Cross warehouse operations for the day, and low morale among troops trying to get home with the end of the war.
Date: 1945-09-13/1945-09-14
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 13, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing getting letters and packages, her assignment to the Red Cross canteen in Washington DC for a week, a uniform inspection and a cancelled graduation ceremony, getting a fountain pen fixed, getting cigarettes, recent correspondence, and her reaction to the president's death. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: April 13, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Yerkes, Frances
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. Walter Hammond to T. N. Carswell - March 13, 1945]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from J. Walter Hammond, President Texas Farm Bureau Federation, Waco, Texas, dated March 13, 1945. Hammond expresses his appreciation for the kind letter from Carswell advising that he knew of Carswell's activities even back to his school days, of his honesty, integrity and sincerety of purpose. He states, "I can truthfully say that because of your efforts the world is a better place in which to live".
Date: March 13, 1945
Creator: Hammond, J. Walter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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