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Box 4253.001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Elbert Nixdorf Letters, 1937 - 1954

 File — Box: 4253.001, Folder: 006
Scope and Contents Letters written to Elbert Nixdorf of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who served in the U.S. Army Special Services during World War II. Some letters are from friends he made while abroad. They discuss daily life, gifts, and request updates on Nixdorf's troop, school work, and friends. One letter from Margaret Clairembourg of Belgium asks for news of Merle, and she hopes that "this war will be soon over, for you as for us!" Many letters are in French and Spanish.
Dates: 1937 - 1954
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4253, Wade Hall Collection of World War II Materials