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dc.creatorParker, Mrs. V. L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-13T14:26:49Z
dc.date.available2020-04-13T14:26:49Z
dc.date.issued1943-03-28
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/39380
dc.descriptionLetter from Mrs. V.L. Parker to Amon Carter expressing sympathy at the news that his son, Amon, Jr., had been reported missing in action in North Africa.
dc.format.medium8.5x11 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 23-31) 6 of 11 folder, Item 091
dc.subjectCarter, Amon G., Jr.
dc.subjectPrisoners of war
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.titleLetter re: Amon Carter, Jr.
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcription219 Wells Street Tyler, Texas March 28, 1943 Mr. Amon g. Carter Fort Worth, Texas Dear Mr. Carter: After reading the annoncement in the newspaper that your son is missing in action. I felt that I should like to extend my sympathy to you. I have a son, but as far as I know he is still all right. I thank God for each day he is living. If he must go, I ask God to give me the strength to bear it, and to help me to so live that I may be able to meet him in a better world. God is our only hope in time like these. Mr. Carter, you have been a most successful businessman and a man who has don so much good in your country. No doubt you saw that he had all the money he needed for any undertaking as long as he lived. I have a very meager income and my sone had a struggle to go through high school and college. There were times when I did not know how we could continue. But with all this I would not trade places with you. In other words money is not all in this life. If I had had money, I am sure I could not haev used it for as much good as you have. I pray that God may help you to bear this great loss, and that you may put your trust in God for your salvation and a hhope to see your son in a better world. In sympathy, a mother of a son. Mrs. V.L. Parker.


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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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