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Preferred Citation:

Fern Cheesebrew Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in July 2011.

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Scope and Contents

Letters, 1941-1945, written to Fern Cheesebrew of Middleport, Ohio. Letters are written from various people in the United States Armed Force and primary correspondents include her husband, Frank Cheesebrew, John Piatt, and Clifford Hayes. Both Cheesebrew and Piatt are eventually stationed in different locations in the Pacific Theater, including Hawaii and the Philippines, while Hayes seems to stay at a base in Tampa, Florida. Letters primarily include information about their daily lives in the military, both in training and deployed.

Related Material

A Guide to World War II Resources in the Special Collections Research Center

Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/WorldWarII

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Letters (correspondence)
• World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area