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Helen Conner’s story of family sacrifice and war bonds
A widow recounts her husband Bryan Conner’s death aboard a PT boat in the South Pacific and her sons’ and brothers’ service in the war. She urges readers to buy War Bonds, underscoring sacrifice as the path to victory and noting her own later effort at welding school and teaching.
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San Francisco
Bryan Conner
Navy
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Atlanta
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
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South Pacific
Michael Zadorkin
Florida
William Jennings Bryan Conner
Helen Conner