Brief Magazine Collision
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.236 Author/Creator: Brief Magazine Place Written: Honolulu, Hawaii Type: Magazine Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 2 p. ; 11.1 x 7.2 cm. Order a Copy
A clipping of a plane that's wing is damaged. Captain reads "Collision over Chichi did this. Pilot Lt Strong still wonders how he got back home."
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.
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