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

Letter from Gilbert Ord Fitzell, 1942

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Letter from Gilbert Ord Fitzell, 1942
MS-0369-01F-14
Letter from Gilbert Ord Fitzell, 1942
1942-10-10
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Fitzell, Gilbert Ord
Aviation Cadet Fitzell reports that he hasn't "been able to fully realize we are in a war," and that he has "never worked so hard in my life" as in the navigation course. He goes to school 9-1/2 hours on weekdays and 4 on Saturdays, besides an hour each of drill and sports every day. But the work is interesting and the instructors "'regular' boys." Fitzell was killed in action over Cerignola, Italy, on January 11, 1944.
Gilbert O. Fitzell; Gilbert Fitzell; Military training; Training camps; War rhetoric; KIA; Killed in Action; Hondo Army Airfield
Texas - Hondo - Hondo Air Base
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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945
MS-0369
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Letter
7.25 inches X 10.5 inches; 2 pages
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