Letter from Phyllis Van Buskirk Ruth, 1945-02:

Ruth is "saving all of the [Aztec News] Letters" for her brother, Bob, a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, Germany. He and Horace Bowman have "organized a California Kriegie Club." (Kriegie is short for Kriegsgefangener, prisoner of war.) Ruth encloses pictures of "real Es...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ruth, Phyllis Van Buskirk (author), Post, Lauren (Recipient)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1945
Subjects:
Eskimos
World War II > Prisoners of war (POW)
Bowman
Horace
Leedom
Donald W
Van Buskirk
Bob
Hoover High School (San Diego)
Pacific Alaska Airways
Fairbanks
King Island
Paa
Pacific
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:64449
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Summary:Ruth is "saving all of the [Aztec News] Letters" for her brother, Bob, a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, Germany. He and Horace Bowman have "organized a California Kriegie Club." (Kriegie is short for Kriegsgefangener, prisoner of war.) Ruth encloses pictures of "real Eskimos" from King Island and describes them. Lauren C. Post Box 9, Folder 3; 10/9/2015: Info on Kriegie meaning: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep125/hunt-for-kriegie-world-war-ii-pows-1-2195602; http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/13158/rec/1 for PAA; http://www.kawerak.org/communities/kingisland.html for Eskimos

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