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dc.creatorHovey, Chandler
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T17:30:10Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T17:30:10Z
dc.date.issued1943-03-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/39002
dc.descriptionLetter from Chandler Hovey to Amon Carter expressing sympathy at the news that his son, Amon, Jr., had been reported missing in action in North Africa.
dc.format.medium4.5x6.75 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 - Capture (March 12) 2 of 11 folder, Item 150
dc.subjectCarter, Amon G., Jr.
dc.subjectPrisoners of war
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.titleLetter re: Amon Carter, Jr.
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionDear Amon, - I was terribly sorry to hear about your boy. The feeling seems to be that he was taken prisoner which is much better than it might have been. You must be very proud of him & I certainly hope sincerely that he will come out of it all right eventually. My two sons & son in law are lieutenants in the navy. My oldest boy is executive officer on a mine layer with 15 officers & 300 men under him while the younger one is in command of a P.C. boat with 5 officers & 65 men under him. Everyone is talking about conditions after the war is over. If I get my boys back whole I won't worry about anything else. I guess that's the way we all feel who "are really close to the damnable war. We all miss you a lot at the meetings of A.A. Nothing very new except a big training program of enlisted men to be pilots, radio operators, navigators & mechanics for the transport service. Kindest regards for you most sincerely Chandler Hovey


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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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