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    In this section, we present letters written by soldiers who describe non-combat situations and the living conditions they experienced.

July 20, 1944, Naples First Lieutenant Lucille Backemeyer

September 23, 1945, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Keith B. Lynch

May 12, 1945, Okinawa, Margaret Gaule
(Margaret wrote another letter about her feelings when VICTORY was achieved.)

November 12, 1990, Red Cloud, NE, Cole Hansen (third grader) and response from his cousin Doug Garnand

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