Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Walter Hustus wrote to his parents in South Portland, mostly about his desires for items in packages they could send him at a prisoner of war camp in Austria.
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About This Item
- Title: Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945
- Creator: Walter L. Hustus
- Creation Date: 1945-01-07
- Subject Date: 1945
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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
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
- Military personnel
- 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
- Concentration camps, Germany
- Hustus, Walter (1921-1999)
- Personal narratives, American
- Prisoners and prisons, Germany
- Stalag 17
- Stalag 17-B (Germany)
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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