Box 1
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1953
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1953
Photograph - likely Dewitt Smith, circa 1952
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: spc-mss1011-g0001
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
circa 1952
Dog tag - Dewitt Smith, U.S. Air Force
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 - 1953
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 May-June
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 May-June
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 July
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 July
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 August
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 September
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 September
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 October
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 October
Correspondence - DeWitt Smith to Marion Lynde, 1952 November-December
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 49 letters from DeWitt Smith to his sweetheart, Marion, while serving in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952. There is also a gold-colored name place and a photograph of Smith in flight fatigues.Beginning as an Airman Basic, Smith was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Seneca Lake, New York in May 1952, only a few years after the branch had been established. "I just officially started my basic training at Sampson on the above date...ever since then...
Dates:
1952 November-December
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