Current Search: Leyte, Philippines (x)
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Wireless Press, November 10, 1944.
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Wireless Press report concerning Allied military activity from Paris, London, San Francisco, Detroit, and Leyte, Philippines. The press release describes enemy losses, territory gained, and the number of new fortresses ordered.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-10_Wireless_Press
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, to Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 27, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Correspondence from Mark to Eloise regarding personal and military events, including a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur and two military campaigns.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-27_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, October 28, 1945.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise discussing arrangements in preparation for Mark’s return to Gulf Breeze.
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uwfgbhs1945-10-28_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, October 1, 1945.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise reflecting his homesickness and discussing other general matters.
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uwfgbhs1945-10-01_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 25, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise concerning general matters including a witness account of American forces shooting down of a twin motor Japanese bomber plane.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-25_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 24, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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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.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-23_and_24_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 22, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise relating to general matters including the experience of Mark’s first Sunday service aboard a ship.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-22_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 21, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise relating to general matters as well as Eloise’s tasks as acting Postmaster General in Gulf Breeze.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-21_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 19,1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding church services, blackouts, and other general matters.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-19_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 15, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding letters he has received and other general matters.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-15_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 14, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise pertaining to Filipino living conditions and military confrontations between American and Japanese air fights.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-14_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 13, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise regarding personal and military matters in Leyte, Philippines.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-13_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 11, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise confirming locations visited during his tour of duty around the Pacific.
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uwfgbhs1944-11-11_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 8, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise with a description of the war as “advertised to be an army show.” Includes a witness account of the last large Japanese ship to leave the Philippines after the American military occupation.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-08_MXB_Letter_10_pages
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 8, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise answering previous letters from Eloise.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-08_MXB_Letter_11_pages
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 7, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise concerning general matters in Leyte, Philippines as well as in Gulf Breeze. The letter contains a firsthand account of Mark's experience under active Japanese military attack with a description of witnessing a Japanese "suicide dive," as well as his experience with the local Filipino residents.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-07_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 5, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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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.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-05_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 27, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters including reports of several blackouts and damage endured on a ship from a Japanese attack.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-27_MXB_Letter
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 20, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters and briefly discusses “ship life.”
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uwfgbhs1944-12-20_MXB_Letter_4_pages
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Letter, Mark X. Benson, Leyte, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, December 18, 1944.
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Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
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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.
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uwfgbhs1944-12-18_MXB_Letter
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