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(MILITARY--WORLD WAR II.) Archive of letters from two African Americans, apparently cousins; one a marine, and the other from a trainee at the 51st Squadron, flying school, with original envelopes. Over fifty letters, together with a few postcards and a military pamphlet, "The Negro and Defense."should be seen. Vp, 1942-1945
These wartime letters were all sent to Mr. and Mrs. Lawyer Dykes, of Akron, Ohio by pfc Leo Dykes, Mr. Dykes brother and pfc Benjamin Peavy, the Dykes son-in-law. The young Dykes was part of the so-called MontfordPoint marines, while Peavy was at the Greenville Army Flying School. Both groups of letters have good content, especially those of Leo Dykes who writes a number of letters datelined "Central Pacific," September and October of 1944. Some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign took place during the time these letters were sent--The battles of Peliliu and Anguar in particular. All these letters bear the censor's stamp.
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