Carl Philip Swanson correspondence 1939-1946 1943-1945 Swanson, Carl Philip correspondence

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Carl Philip Swanson correspondence 1939-1946 1943-1945 Swanson, Carl Philip correspondence

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This collection is made up of around 150 letters that Sergeant Carl P. Swanson wrote to his family in Sparta, Michigan, while serving in the United States Army during World War II. Swanson served with the 976th Engineer Maintenance Company in Europe from July 1944-January 1946.

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