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- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 14, 1945. Manley notes that he has the change of the 1:30 A.M. relief.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, May 25, 1945. Worthington notes that she received a letter from Manley. Also, she notes that she got a letter from Joe.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
- Date Created:
- 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, April 07, 1945. Worthington notes that she is waiting for 'Hit Parade' to start. But, she misses most of it when Norma calls.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, June 12, 1945. Manley tells Worthington that he still doesn't know when he will be coming home.
- Date Created:
- 1945-06-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, July 20, 1945. Manley notes that he has returned from his furlough, and is back at Fort McClellan. He describes his trip there on the train.
- Date Created:
- 1945-07-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, May 10, 1945. Manley notes that he just finished writing a letter to his mother. He also got a letter from a Tom, who is with the Fifth Marine Division.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 20, 1945. Worthington describes her night after getting home. She also notes that Norma called her and they will be seeing each other on Sunday.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Letter to Edward "Ned" Manley by Jean Worthington, March 31, 1945. Worthington notes that she stayed up late with her friend Norma. She also had to get up that morning to run errands.
- Date Created:
- 1945-03-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Al Dewitt was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. Al was assigned to be a glider pilot and received his glider wings. He then trained as a fighter pilot but remained based in the US. He became a farmer after the war, but was called back into duty for 21 months during the Korean War. He was first a test pilot for the AT-6 and then was put on a B-36 crew. They did training runs and went over Russia at high altitudes, and Al survived a particularly dangerous crash landing.
- Date Created:
- 2008-08-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
