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Letters From Our Boys From Australia And Navy Mail
A wartime letters page recounts two correspondents: Maury LaRue Hall, 1/c, U S Naval Magazine, San Francisco, and a Marine guard praising Roanoke Rapids and Aussies while describing life overseas and longing for combat. The writer laments stalled front duties, censorship, and unequal pay, contrasting private duties with sergeants’ stripes as he imagines a future return.
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Maury LaRue Hall
U. S. Naval Magazine
Navy
C/o
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif