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Lewis P. Schindler Letters, 1943 - 1944

 File — Box: 4253.003, Folder: 001
Letter from Lewis Schindler, Camp Santa Anita, Arcadia, California, to Lanier Merritt, Nashville, Tennessee, March 6, 1943

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Letter from Lewis Schindler, Camp Cooke, Lompoc, California, to Lanier Merritt, Nashville, Tennessee, July 19, 1943

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Letter from Lewis Schindler, Toledo, Ohio, to Lanier Merritt, Nashville, Tennessee, January 2, 1944

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Scope and Contents

All letters are written to a Mr. Lanier Merritt of Nashville, Tennessee, a friend of Mr. Schindler. The letters discuss the landscape near Camp Cooke, California, including the Sierra Nevada and Catalina Island. He discusses daily exercises, playing music, and his travel from Camp Cooke, California to Clerical school in Toledo, Ohio. He discusses the possibility of returning home and what he misses. He is on special duty at Camp Bowie, in charge of a depot of weapons. Some letters are written on Army stationery.

Dates

  • Creation: 1943 - 1944

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English