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Guide to the Benjamin A. Pierson Letters, RG 276

Listed by:  Robert Maull
Date:  August 20, 1999

Date Span:  1942-1943

Size of Collection: 10 file folders

Biographical Sketch:  Pierson served as a corporal in the U.S. Air Force, 63rd Air Service Group, 376th Air Service Squadron during World War II.

Scope / Content:  Letters, arranged chronologically, from Corporal Benjamin Pierson, Jr. to his wife during World War II.  The letters describe Pierson’s various experiences in the United States 376th Air Service Squadron; 63rd Air Service Group-Spokane Air Depot. The letters are written from Galena, Washington, Boeing School of Aeronautics at Oakland, California, and O’Fallon Field, Illinois, and other letters from various fields.

Box 1

  1. June 30 1942 to July 31 1942

  2. August 1 1942 to October 30 1942

  3. November 2 1942 to December 7 1942

  4. December 10 1942 to January 2 1943

  5.  January 6 1943 to January 20 1943

  6. January 23 1943 to February 2 1943

  7. February 6 1943 to March 21 1943

  8. March 22 1943 to April 4 1943

  9. April 5 1943 to April 29 1943

  10.  May 1 1943 to May 19 1943

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