Request 1643


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milleralli16
Submitted
6/19/2015
Needed
7/10/2015
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Selected letters from the Jack Carr Papers (#1242) that are of particular interest or provide first-hand accounts of WWII events.
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4 (4 in repo)
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19
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0
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PID Identifier Title Date Description  
36514 1242.2.b Jack Carr letter 22 Sept 1944 22 September 1944 Jack Carr's letter to his mother declares, “Today I yamma veteran!” The letter discusses Carr's participation in the Battle of Angaur (Palau Islands), and provides his account of the battle and perceptions of the island afterwards.
36515 1242.2.c Jack Carr letter 13 Nov 1944 13 November 1944 In the letter home to his mother, Jack Carr provides details of his landing during the Battle of Anguar. He states, “I’ll never forget when I ran out of the VP Higgins boat…”
36516 1242.3.a Jack Carr letter 28 June 1944 28 June 1944 In Jack Carr's letter to his brother, Richard "Dick" Carr, the military's censorship has been mostly lifted and he is now able to provide a review of his activities since he arrived in the Philippines with the 592 Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO).
36517 1242.3.b Jack Carr letter 9 Aug 1944 9 August 1944 While stationed in the Philippines during World War II, Jack Carr's letter to his mother discusses how everyone in his company, including himself, is talking about the atomic bomb and Russia entering the war against Japan. He claims, “Never has morale around here been so high.”

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