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Schwartz, Warren Harold., 1914-1992; to Mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09662.038 Author/Creator: Schwartz, Warren Harold., 1914-1992; Place Written: Fort Bragg, North Carolina Type: Letter signed Date: 6 July 1941 Pagination: 2 p. ; envelope Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Eva Schwartz to Warren Schwartz dated July 6, 1941. Describes his day. Lists the names of some of the men in his barrack by ethnicity; Peter Thomas, an Armenian from Connecticut, Nathan Winer, a Jewish man from Palmer, Massachusetts and Henry Ray, a French farmer from Connecticut.

Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992
Schwartz, Eva, fl. 1941-1944
Thomas, Peter, fl. 1941
Winer, Nathan, fl. 1941
Ray, Henry, fl. 1941

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