Theodore Johnston correspondence 1941-1944 Johnston, Theodore correspondence

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Theodore Johnston correspondence 1941-1944 Johnston, Theodore correspondence

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This collection is made up of roughly 100 letters that Master Sergeant Theodore R. Johnston ("Ted") wrote during his service with the United States Army Air Forces' 5th Bombardment Group in Hawaii and in the Pacific theater during World War II. Johnston wrote primarily to his mother and to an acquaintance named Robert Ocha. He discussed aspects of military life before and during the war.

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