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Blow-out Sends Car Over Bank Two Are Hurt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.216.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Toronto, Canada Type: Newspaper clipping Date: July 1938 Pagination: 1 p. ; 16.9 x 6.1 cm. Order a Copy

Robert Stone, 16, and Jack Nathan, 23, were in an accident when their right rear tire blew out. Robert Stone suffered from a broken femur and Jack Nathan had a lacerated foot.

Mounted Dimensions: 19.2 x 10.2 cm

Robert "Bob" Stone was a Bombardier in World War II and served in the Pacific Front. These letters, were compiled by Bob's wife, Sheila M. Stone, and Ali Adair into a book named Letters in a Box. This book details Bob's service to his country, and his life after the war. Bob's letters were donated to the collection by his wife, Sheila M. Stone, in 2017. It contains a variety of letters, postcards, patches, pins, photographs, and scrapbooks that relate to Bob's training and combat missions.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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