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Service members letters and local homecomings during wartime
Letters from servicemen and updates in Midlothian detail 30 day leaves, reassignments, and promotions. Cpl Frank McGraw and Pvt L Ray Berger are cited with address updates and delays en route from Texas to Fort Miracle Maryland. Lt Bill Schneider reports to Santa Ana after serving in Italy. Robert Schult and Frank Heniff on leave and awaiting orders. Families share postcards of soldiers, Nazi flag gifts, and box mail.
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Frank McGraw
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Fort Miracle