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dc.creatorBarron, Eldora
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T17:17:56Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T17:17:56Z
dc.date.issued1944-08-18
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/38620
dc.descriptionLetter from Eldora Barron to Amon Carter sending updated information about her husband, Lt. Col. Gaines Barron, who was in the same prisoner of war camp, Oflag 64, as Amon, Jr.
dc.format.medium5.5x7 paper
dc.relationAmon G. Carter Papers (MS 014)
dc.rightsPrior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph
dc.sourceBox 141, POW - B Miscellaneous 1944-1945 folder, Item 009
dc.subjectCarter, Amon G., Jr.
dc.subjectPrisoners of war
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.titleLetter re: Oflag 64
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionFriday. Aug. 18th 1944 Dear Mr. Carter: - I sent the enclosed article to my aunt, Mrs Marvin Sansom, asking her to take it to your office for you to read. She returned it this morning, saying she called your office about it. I am now sending it directly to your office 2 along with two letters I received last Monday from Col. Barron. I am quite excited about the contents of the clipping, and feel sure "ours" are in the crowd that were freed, possibly they were being moved out of Poland and got as far as a Warsaw station. 3 Of course I'm worried about them fighting with Polish army, also about col. Barron having a wounded hip. His letter is the first I knew of it. I wonder if there is any way you could check up to find out for sure they were Oflag 64 prisoners that were freed and where they are now. I'm sure you will return the letter as soon as you can and thank you kindly. Best regards to Mrs Deakins and yourself. Mrs Gaines J. Barron 3200 Ethel Ave Waco Texas. It was on the radio Sunday about Polish army freeing the prisoners.


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    The Amon G. Carter Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. The papers document the history of Fort Worth and the Southwest, as well as Carter's personal and business interests.

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