Correspondence, 1943.

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Correspondence, 1943.

V-mail letters sent home to friends and relatives in Norwich, Conn., from soldier stationed in England describing daily activities; letter dated October 19, 1943 mentions that the air raid warning system in Norwich, Conn., had been discontinued and comments on Senator Wheeler's statement that Electric Boat was a draft dodger's paradise.

1 folder ; 26 x 42 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7613752

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Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

Sherman, S. S.

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