Letter from POW camp, 1944
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S.Sgt. Walter Hustus of the Army Air Corps wrote to his family in South Portland about packages delivered by the Red Cross to him in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. He instructed his family what to send him.
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- Title: Letter from POW camp, 1944
- Creator: Hustus, Walter L.
- Creation Date: 1944-05-12
- Subject Date: 1944
- Town: Gneixendorf, South Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 2133, Series 1, Box 1/3
- Collection: Walter Hustus Collection
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps, Austria
Missing in action--Family relationships
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 303rd
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
Military personnel
Airmen
Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf
Hustus, Grace--Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Austria
Hustus, Walter L., 1921-1999
People
Other Keywords
Correspondence
Germany
Prisoners and prisons
United States
Airmen
Hustus, Walter, 1921-1999
Prisoners of war
Stalag 17
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