Leon Jacobs

Last Name: Jacobs
First Name: Leon
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 42089520
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Camp Lee, VA; Camp Reynolds, PA; Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, Staunton, VA; Fort Story, VA

Unit(s): Co. L 7th TNG Regt.; Co C, 12th ASFT Regt., T. 374

Rank(s): Pvt.

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Military Occupation/Specialty: Editor of Overseas Medical Records

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Of Interest: 8/11/44 - Reading about Purple Heart nominees and expressing dismay that Americans at home are going on strike; 8/21/44 - Pleasure that Christian Captain told him he "would much rather have a Jewish boy by his side at the front than any other kind..."; 4/17/45 - Writes about induction into Army, difficulty getting housing for family

Delaware Connection(s): Dave Paiken; Moishe Jacobs; Barney Margolis; Harry Chernikoff

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First Letter to Mollye: 04/02/1944
Last Letter to Mollye: 04/11/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 15
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