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Powell Glass, Jr., papers 1941-1945 1944-1945 Glass, Powell, Jr., papers

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This collection contains letters and a document concerning Major Powell Glass, Jr., who served at the 5th Marine Corps Division headquarters during the Second World War. His request for additional leave in April 1941 is included, as are 9 letters he wrote to his parents between January 1944 and August 1945, in which he discussed his leisure activities, the war, and President Franklin Roosevelt.

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