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Letters and Cartoons
A selection of the letters written by Jack to his sister Bess.  Excerpts from other letters depicting his experiences will be included in blog posts.
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Learning about mines
4/11/43
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Commission Ceremony
Postmarked 8/21/43
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Crew stories 
8/29/43
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First trips
Postmarked 10/17/43
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Permission to state where they are and D-Day 8/5/44
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Regarding the photographs
10/4/44
Christmas Eve tragedy
Sinking of the Leopoldville
12/29/44
News of the end of war
8/19/45

Cartoons

Jack drew multiple cartoons on his letters and envelopes. 
Select the envelope below to link to a page of more cartoons
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