Abe Nathans

Last Name: Abe
First Name: Nathans
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Jackson, SC; Camp Van Dorn, MS

Unit(s): Co. L, 118th Infantry; Regimental Headquarters; Cas. Officers Det. - 15 RD

Rank(s): Cpl.; Lt.

Theater(s) of Operation: Europe

Locations: Wales; Belgium; France (Paris)

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Military Occupation/Specialty: Regimental Gas and Executive Officer

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Of Interest: 4/17/42 - Shares about promotion opportunities and enjoying giving lectures to new recruits; Letters written in August predict the war will end before the end of they year; 10/10/44 - Describes the war becoming a reality when he learns of friends who have died for their country; Describes life in the trenches and leave in Paris; urges Mollye not to be overly optimistic, as the war will last for some time;

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First Letter to Mollye: 04/17/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 11/23/1944
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 19
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