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Army Air Forces [Photograph of Retreat Parade Ceremony]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.342.03 Author/Creator: Army Air Forces Place Written: Fort Dix, New Jersey Type: Photograph Date: 5 September 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.7 x 26.4 cm. Order a Copy

A photograph of six people in a line at a military ceremony. Beatrice Stone is wearing a flower print dress, Jacob Stone is the striped suit, and Robert L. Stone is to the right of Jacob Stone.

"Letters in a Box" notes that the photo as "Bob's father, Jake Stone (3rd from the right) and his step-mother, Bee Stone (3rd from the left) at the Retreat Parade Ceremony at Fort Dix, NJ where Bob was awarded his Distinguished Flying Cross.

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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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