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Description
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.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Letter from POW camp, 1944
- Creator: Walter L. Hustus
- Creation Date: 1944-05-12
- Subject Date: 1944
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Locations:
- Gneixendorf, Austria
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 2133, Series 1, Box 1/3
- Collection: Walter Hustus collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Hustus, Grace--Correspondence
- Airmen
- Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf
- Military personnel
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 303rd
- Missing in action--Family relationships
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps, Austria
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Austria
- Hustus, Walter L., 1921-1999
People
Other Keywords
- Airmen
- Correspondence
- Germany
- Hustus, Walter, 1921-1999
- Prisoners and prisons
- Prisoners of war
- Stalag 17
- United States
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