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[Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 4 - Materials from Aleutian Islands assignment -- correspondence to Helen Jane Klinger from Jackson, military orders, and a military report, 1942] (Item)

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.

[Thomas Walter Jackson World War II Collection, Box One, Folder 5 - Condolences to Helen Jane Jackson -- correspondence, 1942-1943, 1946] (Item)

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.

[Letter to Bess Jackson from Captain Mavis P. Kelsey, September 17, 1942] (Item)

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 from Captain Mavis P. Kelsey, September 17, 1942] (Item)

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.

[Telegram to Helen Jane Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, September 18, 1942] (Item)

Telegram to Helen Jane Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, September 18, 1942. Notifies her that her husband is missing in action. One typed page with envelope.

[Memorial certificate for Thomas Walter Jackson from the Office of the President of the United States] (Item)

Memorial certificate for Thomas Walter Jackson from the Office of the President of the United States, signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, circa 1942.

[Certificate issued to Thomas Walter Jackson, posthumously awarding him the Purple Heart, June 16, 1943] (Item)

Certificate issued by the United States government to Thomas Walter Jackson, posthumously awarding him the Purple Heart, June 16, 1943.

[Letter to Helen Jackson, wife of Thomas Walter Jackson, from Leola McDonald, October 20, 1942] (Item)

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 from Captain Frank J. Pope, October 1, 1942] (Item)

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.

[U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen and family members dining at Palladium] (Item)

Photograph of members of the 54th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, and their family members dining at the Palladium, Los Angeles, California, May 25, 1942. Identified individuals include Joe McDonald, Lieutenant McDonald, Mrs. Joe McDonald, Lieutenant Arthur "Bud" Hustead, Lieutenant Dewey Crowe, Lieutenant Millard, Lieutenant Robert Neel, Mrs. James Austin, Major Thomas Walter Jackson, and…