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Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, on letterhead of V-Mail, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, December 18, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: V-Mail (Victory Mail) Christmas greeting from Mark to Eloise with a decorative print.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-18_MXB_Christmas_V-Mail
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 20, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters and briefly discusses “ship life.”
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-20_MXB_Letter_4_pages
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, December 20, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters with a mention that Eloise receive the first registered piece of mail from a fleet port in the Philippines. Included is an envelope postmarked December 22, 1944 with register number 129.
Identifier: 1944-12-20_MXB_8_pages
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 15, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding letters he has received and other general matters.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-15_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, November 16, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise requesting general news from Gulf Breeze. Includes an envelope postmarked November 17, 1944.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-16_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 19,1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding church services, blackouts, and other general matters.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-19_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 21, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise relating to general matters as well as Eloise’s tasks as acting Postmaster General in Gulf Breeze.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-21_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 14, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise pertaining to Filipino living conditions and military confrontations between American and Japanese air fights.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-14_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 11, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise confirming locations visited during his tour of duty around the Pacific.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-11_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 13, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding personal and military matters in Leyte, Philippines.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-13_MXB_Letter
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 22, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise relating to general matters including the experience of Mark’s first Sunday service aboard a ship.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-22_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 24, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about praying practices on board a naval ship, accounts of Filipinos under Japanese rule, and Mark’s location in the context of the Philippine archipelago.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-23_and_24_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, to Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 27, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Correspondence from Mark to Eloise regarding personal and military events, including a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur and two military campaigns.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-11-27_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Abstract/Description: V-Mail (Victory Mail) Christmas greeting card from Mark to Eloise.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12_MXB_to_EB_Christmas_V-Mail
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 11, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters.
Identifier: uwfgbs1944-12-11_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 16, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-16_MXB_Letter_to_EB
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 18, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise discussing the vicinity of the fighting between the Japanese and the American Navy and Marines. Includes a description of Mark’s experience of a Japanese tactic of releasing planes’ gas tanks on the American forces.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-18_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 27, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters including reports of several blackouts and damage endured on a ship from a Japanese attack.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-27_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 5, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise with mention of a radio broadcast about Mark’s department of occupation -Mobile Fleet Post Office #1. Also includes an update on the lowered frequency of Japanese bombings on his base in the Philippines among other general matters.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-05_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 16, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise that includes a witness account of a naval engagement with the Japanese.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-12-16_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Gulf Breeze, FL (41)	+ -
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