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Left Hand Writings From War Fronts Echo Gratitude
Letters to the Washington County Letter League reveal soldiers writing left handed from hospitals and jungles with thanks for home messages. Pfc Ignatius S. Drury Jr and others describe injuries, frontline life, and hopes to return home, while appreciating letters, news, and small comforts amid campaigns in Italy, France, New Guinea, Saipan, Kwajalein, and Tinian.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Owls
Allentown
Wilmington
Yorkshire
Lancaster
Eddie Semler
Hagerstown Hi
Red Cross
John B. Frush
Big Pool
Arthur L. Hessong
Smithsburg
Roe
Allen G. Peer
Charles R. Grove
Sharpsburg
Robert C. Myers
Here
Russell L. Piggie
Roc
France
Leland R. Gross
Williamsport
Glenn Summers
Fredericksburg
Robert EF. Kean
If3
Italy
Ray Carbaugh
Security
Pacific
William L. Munday
Weverton
Guem
Irvin W. Daugherty
Iceland
Laura King
Hosal
John V. Alexander
Boonsboro
Jon L. Rowland
Clearspring
William Co. Kiser
Municipal
Charles Corby
Wimsport
George Ws. Carroll
Rebecca Jean Cottrell
Elmer C. Long
Frederick
Braddock Heights
GENES
Fairchild
Mother
Dad
Pfc
Ignatius Drury
Letter League
Washington County Letter League
Ignatius S. Drury, Jr
Anaver
Drury
Pvt
Andrew Qnderdonk
Williams Porter
Paul C. Kinser
San Francisco
Arthur L. Rafter
John P. Shives
Leon Ebersole
Ruth J. Reid
C. B. Williams
New Guinea
Pangborn Corporation
Robert E. Weaver
MMS &8/C
Dutch New Guinea
Paul V. Myers
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Hawaiian Islands