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Description
The chaplain at Walter Hustus' company wrote to his mother, Grace Hustus of South Portland, after Walter's plane was shot down and he was listed as missing in action during World War II in Germany.
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About This Item
- Title: Army letter concerning missing soldier, 1944
- Creator: Merritt O. Slawson
- Creation Date: 1944-04-21
- Subject Date: 1944
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Locations:
- GW
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 2133, Series 1, Box 1/5
- Collection: Walter Hustus collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Airmen
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps, Germany
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
- Missing in action--Family relationships
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Germany
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 303rd
- Hustus, Grace--Correspondence
- Stalag 17-B (Germany)
- Chaplains, Military
- Military personnel
- Hustus, Walter L., 1921-1999
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(207) 774-1822 x230
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