World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945

Letter from Frank Braisted, 1942

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Identifier

MS-0369-01B-30

Title

Letter from Frank Braisted, 1942

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Date

1942-05-19

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Creator

Braisted, Frank

Contributor

Description

Braisted's stationery is from The Service Club in Fort Benning, part of the United Service Organizations. He has left the Chemical Warfare Service for Aviation Cadet Training, a member of the Air Corps expecting reassignment to Maxwell Field, Alabama in July. He has seen no others from San Diego State College. Braisted was eventually killed on October 28, 1944 while flying in a bombing raid on Cologne, Germany.

Keywords

Aviation cadets; Chemical Warfare Service; CWS; Air Corps; United States Army Air Corps; United States Army Air Forces; Military training; USO; Service Clubs; United Service Organizations; KIA; Killed in Action

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Location

Georgia - Fort Benning

Collection Title

World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945

Collection Subset

Collection Number

MS-0369

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Language

English

Publisher

Original Format

Letter

Extent

6.25 inches X 9.5 inches; 2 pages

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Repository

San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives

Provenance

Lauren C. Post

File Type

Document

File Extension

PDF

File Size

33.96 MB

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