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

Letter from Maxton Brown, 1943

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Letter from Maxton Brown, 1943
MS-0369-02BR-28
Letter from Maxton Brown, 1943
1943-04-14
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Brown, Maxton
Alexander, George C.
Brown signs the letter but refers to "us" and puts both his name and Alexander's at the bottom. A dust storm reminds them of Indio but also of "Montezuma and his prophet Doc Post" and that "we have never thanked you for your assistance." They learn geography "from up above," how to "take on fighters," and "classify ack-ack," but also how the enemy's land is "very beautiful, a fact the cartographers leave out." Brown was killed over Catania, Sicily on July 8, 1943.
Max Brown; G. C. Alexander; George C. Alexander; Benny Alexander; Guy Boothby; Brent Burrell; Bob Cozens; Babe Thompson; Fraternities; Kappa Phi Sigma; Omega Xi; Airplane pilots; World War II airplanes; WWII airplanes; World War 2 airplanes; KIA; Killed in Action
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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945
MS-0369
English
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7.25 inches X 9.5 inches; 2 pages
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Lauren C. Post
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