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Unknown Davis Closing Order Leaves Future in Doubt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.232 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Camp Davis, North Carolina Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 17 July 1945 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9.4 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

A small article announcing the discontinuation of Camp Davis where Robert L. Stone was sent after he completed forty missions. It will be offered to other war departments and all personnel, patients, and anyone else at the camp will be sent to other facilities.

This clipping was enclosed with GLC09620.184.

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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