Letter re: prisoner of warShow simple item record
| dc.creator | Tucker, Mrs. Silas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-11T19:09:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-11T19:09:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1945-01-06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47047 | |
| dc.description | Letter from Mrs. Silas Tucker to Amon Carter regarding her brother, Lt. William M. River, who was a prisoner of war with Amon, Jr. | |
| dc.format.medium | 8x10 paper | |
| dc.relation | Amon G. Carter Papers (MS 014) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph | |
| dc.source | Box 148, POW T Misc 1943-45, Item 071 | |
| dc.subject | Prisoners of war | |
| dc.subject | Carter, Amon G., Jr. | |
| dc.subject | World War II | |
| dc.title | Letter re: prisoner of war | |
| dc.type | Document | |
| dc.description.transcription | Kerrville Tex. Jan. 6, 1945. Dear Mr. Carter, Sometime ago my brother had a letter from your SEC saying your son and my brother son, was in the same prison cmap. We haven't heard from him in so long that I thought maybe you had heard from your boy my behew name is. Lt. William M. River Oflagg 64 Germany If you have any late news of that camp will you write me Mrs. Silas Tucker Park Motel Kerrville Tex. |
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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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