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Items from Box One, Folder 9 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1943 to June 1943. Folder contains 14 letters written by Bowers to his mother Ora E. Bowers and his sister Claradee Bowers during his military service, and one letter written by Major William H. Young, U.S. Army Air Corps, to Bowers' parents, congratulating them on their son's enlistment.
Items from Box One, Folder 10 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, July 1943 to December 1943. Folder contains 22 letters and postcards written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers. One letter is missing its first page.
Items from Box One, Folder 11 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1944 to December 1944. Folder contains 22 letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers. Several of the letters are V-mail letters.
Items from Box One, Folder 12 of the Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection, January 1945 to May 1945. Folder contains seven letters written by Bowers to family members during his military service. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Ora E. Bowers.
Photograph of Lewis Paul Bowers in flight gear standing in a yard, circa 1943.
Inscription on verso: "Buddy Paul. 1943. Lewis P. Bowers. Aviation Cadet."
Hand-tinted photographic portrait of brothers Lewis Paul Bowers and Harold E. Bowers in their military uniforms (U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy, respectively), circa 1940s.
Inscription on verso: "Lewis Paul Bowers. Army Air Corps. WWII. Harold Eugene Bowers. Navy. 1938-1942."
Letter to Captain Lewis P. Bowers from Montano C[illegible], July 9, 1945. Sends personal news about his studies at St. Paul College (Philippines), asks about Bowers' health and family, and requests help in purchasing school supplies. Three handwritten pages on U.S. Navy statiionary and envelope.