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dc.creatorCatlett, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T17:35:19Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T17:35:19Z
dc.date.issued1943-03-15
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/39117
dc.descriptionLetter from Elizabeth Catlett to Amon Carter expressing sympathy at the news that his son, Amon Jr., had been reported missing in action in North Africa.
dc.format.medium3.75x4.75 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 15-16) 4 of 11 folder, Item 032
dc.subjectCarter, Amon G., Jr.
dc.subjectPrisoners of war
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.titleLetter re: Amon Carter, Jr.
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionMarch 15th 1943. Mr Carter Fort worth Star Telegram Fort Worth, Texas My dear Mr Carter. I have just read the enclosed in Friday's Baltimore Sun, and as my sister has just heard from the War Department that her son Capt. John L. Peyton is "missing in action" in Tunisia since Feb. 15th, I am taking the liberty of writing you to ask if you have had any further informatino as to whether those missing in action there at that time are probably prisoners. It is a terrible blow, and his mother and father seem to have absolutely no hope of his being alive now. He was in the tank corps. May I offer you my great sympathy in the receiving of the news of your son's "missing in action" with the hope that you may soon receive further news of him_ Very Sincerely, Elizabeth Catlett. Miss Elizabeth Catlett 303 Berkeley Place Staunton, Virginia. P.S_ I have just seen in another notice of your son, that he trained at Fort Knox where my nephew trained and also was in Ireland and England, so quite possibly was in the same contingent.


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  • Amon G. Carter, Sr. Collection [19320]
    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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