Leon Levy

Last Name: Levy
First Name: Leon
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 0-487749
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Camp Livingston, LA

Unit(s): 3rd Convalescent Hospital; 40th Station Hospital;

Rank(s): 1st Lt.; Capt.

Theater(s) of Operation: Mediterranean

Locations: Italy (Rome), (Florence), (Verona), (Pisa)

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Military Occupation/Specialty: Dentist; Information and Education Officer

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Of Interest: 1/25/43 - Doing dental work on a Delawarean, teaching enlisted service members in various subjects related to medical field work; 1/13/44 - From an undisclosed country, discusses the view from the hospital, the destruction of the town below, and the suffering of the local population; 6/17/44 - Describes trip to Rome, the city and attending Orthodox services there; 10/5 44 - The monotony and difficulty of war, attending Jewish services; 11/7/44 - Describes a party, seeing old friends, and grieving for those lost

Delaware Connection(s): Bob Lesausky; Dan Karseh; Seymour Berger; Ben Caplan; Morris Cohen; Marty Greenberg; Harry First; Marion Wiener; Chaplain Tavel; Elton Resnick; Si Berger

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First Letter to Mollye: 01/25/1943
Last Letter to Mollye: 10/28/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 52
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Spouse Name: Olivia
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