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Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 18, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters. Includes an envelope postmarked April 18, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-04-18_MXB_Letter_4_pages
Format: Set of related objects

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

Title: Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, January 14, 1944.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: An envelope postmarked January 14, 1945 from Mark to Eloise.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1944-01-14_Envelope
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, October 13, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: An envelope postmarked October 13, 1945 from Mark to Eloise.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-10-13_Envelope_MXB_to_EB
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Envelope, Mark X. Benson, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 19, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: An envelope postmarked April 19, 1945 from Mark to Eloise.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-04-19_Envelope
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Letter and Envelope, Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, to Mark X. Benson, October 30, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Eloise to Mark answering some of Mark’s previous letters. The letter also includes a note likely written at a later date about some Japanese teeth that Mark brought over from a fight he participated in in the Philippines. Includes an envelope postmarked October 30, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-10-30_EB_Letter
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Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 14, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise describing ribbons for membership to the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as the poor living conditions of the Filipinos in the aftermath of Japanese occupation. Includes an envelope postmarked April 15, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-04-14_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 13, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise detailing the first conference of the churches of the Philippines since 1941 which Mark attended as an honorary delegate. The letter also mentions of plans to move the Navy’s post office to a new building. Includes an envelope postmarked April 13, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-04-13_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 18, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters with an excerpt from the lyrics of “On the Jericho Road.” Includes an envelope postmarked April 19, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-04-18_MXB_Letter_5_pages
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, October 23, 1945.
Author: Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter of reassurance from Mark to Eloise about some of her general anxieties at the end of the war. Includes an envelope postmarked October 23, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-10-23_MXB_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Letter and Envelope, Merle A. Mitchell, Springfield, MO, to Mark X. Benson, July 12, 1945.
Author: Merle A. Mitchell, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description: Letter from Merle A. Mitchell, the chaplain at the Church Mark attended in the Philippines, to Eloise requesting a cabin to rent in Gulf Breeze. Includes an envelope postmarked July 12, 1945.
Identifier: uwfgbhs1945-07-12_Merle_A_Mitchell_Letter
Format: Set of related objects

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