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Items from Box One, Folder 4 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1942. Folder contains correspondence and military documents related to Jackson's time stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Includes 19 letters written by Jackson to his wife Helen Jackson, a loose envelope, and five military documents.
Items from Box One, Folder 5 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1942-1946. Folder contains 14 letters written to Jackson's wife, Helen Jackson, regarding Jackson's death in an aircraft collision. Includes letters of condolence, military correspondence regarding his personal effects and back pay, and a letter about his posthumous receipt of the Purple Heart.
Items from Box One, Folder 3 of the Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, circa 1939-1940. Folder contains 17 letters written by Jackson to his fiancée, Helen Jane Klinger, during his time stationed at Moffett Field, California.
Letter to Bess Jackson, mother of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Captain Mavis P. Kelsey, surgeon of the 54th Fighter Squadron, September 17, 1942. Notifies her of the death of her son and sends condolences. Two handwritten pages with envelope.
Letter to Helen Jane Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Captain Mavis P. Kelsey, surgeon of the 54th Fighter Squadron, September 17, 1942. Notifies her of the death of her husband and sends condolences. Three handwritten pages with envelope.
[Letter to Helen Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Leola McDonald, October 20, 1942]
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Letter to Helen Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Leola McDonald, October 20, 1942. Sends condolences regarding the death of her husband and forwards a photograph of Jackson, other servicemen, and their families eating dinner together. Three handwritten pages.
Letter to Helen Jane Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Captain Frank J. Pope, operations officer of the 54th Fighter Squadron, October 1, 1942. Sends condolences regarding the death of her husband. Eight handwritten pages with envelope.