Letter, 1944-1945.

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Letter, 1944-1945.

The collection consists of a ten-page letter written from Miller to Vera Grey Anderson of Peru, Ind. during December, 1944 and January, 1945 from an undisclosed post in the Mariana Islands. It describes Miller's wedding, her daily duties as a Red Cross worker, and camp life. Included is the envelope, which still has the Army censor tape on it.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6969430

Indiana Historical Society Library

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Miller, Virginia L.

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Miller was a Red Cross worker in the Asian Theater during World War II, and was stationed somewhere in the Mariana Islands. She married a soldier during the war. From the description of Letter, 1944-1945. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 19771561 ...