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Our Boys in the Armed Forces at Dalton area letters home
A hometown paper salutes service members and urges prompt change of address. Readers recount postings from Great Lakes Sampson England Camp Stewart and naval bases, with letters from Pvt Alfred Jacobsma Pvt Dick Jacobsma Lt George Pracht and others. Families note Easter visits furloughs and poems honoring mothers and the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Patriotic Council
Pointer Office
Dalton
Christine Jacobsma
Dick H. Jacobsma
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Pvt
Alfred Jacobsma
England
Henry Jacobsma
Portland
Ore
George A. Dengler
U. S.N
Sampson, N.Y
Alfred E. Grossenbacher
Dolton
Alfred Grossenbacher
Camp Stewart
Albert Soldal
Grossenbacher
Robert Schneider
Peter Miller
Miller
Merry
Henry Paul
Fort Sill
Okla
Camp Carson
Colo
Vo Sf
Pfc
William C. Ludwig
Eugene E. Hankey
the Pacific
Camp Farragut
Wwes