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Staff Sergeant Bernhart Forbau - 1942

 File — Box: 3688.001, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Letters written by PFC Bernhart Forbau to his sister and brother-in-law, Olga and George Dellitt. Forbau wrote regularly at least once a week, and in one of his early letters (postmarked December 5, 1942) he explained how to tell where he was stationed--without the censors realizing it. It was a formula based on how the page numbers of his letters were written, and included the use of dashes, dots, and parentheses.

Dates

  • 1940-1945

Conditions Governing Access

None

Extent

From the Collection: 0.8 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

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