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Description
The commanding officer of the 360th Bombardment Squadron of the Army Air Corps wrote to Grace Hustus of South Portland to report that her son, Walter, was missing in action in enemy occupied Europe in April 1944.
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About This Item
- Title: Missing in action letter, 1944
- Creator: Walter K. Shayler
- Creation Date: 1944-04-25
- 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 1/5
- Collection: Walter Hustus collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Hustus, Walter L., 1921-1999
- Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf
- Airmen
- Hustus, Grace--Correspondence
- Missing in action--Family relationships
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps, Austria
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Austria
- Military personnel
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 303rd
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