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    Nebraska Public Radio and the Legacy Project received letters written by soldiers who had seen fellow soldiers die or, in one instance, were writing about the first visit to the grave site of a loved one.

April 10, 1945, Letter from Glendal T. Harper to the widow of  Medical Officer Lieutenant Edwin L. Taylor

November 15, 1918, France Letter from Private Clarence Olsen followed by a letter from his surgeon  J. E. Olson

World War II, the Philippines, Lieutenant Frank Rogers

July 16, 1945, off Okinawa Stan McComber's letter to his Sister-in-Law

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