Wireless Press detailing news mostly about the progress of Allied forces from London, Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, and Rome.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-11-15_Press_Wireless
Format
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Title
Wireless Press, November 10, 1944.
Abstract/Description
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.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-11-10_Wireless_Press
Format
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Title
Transfer Certificate for War Savings, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, November 21, 1942.
Author
United States Treasury Department, Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Transfer certificate of war savings stamps, bonds, and cash from Mark to Eloise.
Telegram, Mark X. Benson, Seattle, WA, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, November 25, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Telegram from Mark to Eloise confirming his arrival to the United States.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-11-25_MXB_Telegram
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
Receipt of Affidavit , General Accounting Office to Eloise Benson, November 21, 1942.
Author
General Accounting Office, Office of the Comptroller General of the United States, G.A. Wheeler, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Receipt of an affidavit regarding Eloise Benson’s appointment as acting Postmaster.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1942-11-21_ELB_Receipt_of_Affidavit
Format
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Title
Postcard, Mark X. Benson, Birmingham, AL, to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, November 13, 1942.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson, Curt Teich & Co., Inc.
Abstract/Description
Postcard with romantic banter from Mark to Eloise.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1942-11-13_Postcard
Format
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Title
Postcard Set, Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL to Mark X. Benson, August 12, 1945.
Author
Eloise Benson, Mark X. Benson, Curt Teich & Co., Inc.
Abstract/Description
A set of postcards from Eloise to Mark that depict views in New Orleans.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-08-12_MXB_Postcard
Format
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Title
Philippines Stamps.
Abstract/Description
This is a mixed collection of stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service and the Japanese postal service.
Identifier
uwfgbhsstamps
Format
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Title
Note and Letter, Amrbose O'Connell, Washington D.C., to Bob Sikes, Washington D.C., November 17, 1942.
Author
Post Office Department, First Assistant Postmaster General, Ambros O'Connell, Bob Sikes, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter of approval by First Assistant Postmaster General Ambrose O’Connell to Bob Sikes, a member of the House of Representatives, regarding Eloise Benson’s appointment as acting postmaster. Includes a note by Bob Sikes to Mark X. Benson
Five items attached to the correspondence between Mark and Eloise but not directly associated with particular letters.
Identifier
uwfgbhsMiscellaneous
Format
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Title
Letter, Robert H. Fabian, on letterhead of the War Department, to Fred W. Johnson, Washington D.C., September 11, 1945.
Author
War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Robert H. Fabian, Fred W. Johnson, Department of Interior
Abstract/Description
Letter from Major Robert H. Fabian of the Corps of Engineers to Commissioner Fred W. Johnson of the General Land Office decommissioning a two parcels of land and granting their transfer to the Department of the Interior.
Letter, Merle and Lydia Benson, Summerdale, AL, on letterhead of V-Mail, to Mark X. Benson, October 8, 1944.
Author
Merle Benson, Lydia Benson, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description
V-Mail (Victory Mail) correspondence from Merle D. Benson and Lydia Benson to Merle’s brother, Mark, relating personal and national news.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-10-08_MD_Benson_V-Mail
Format
Image (JPEG)
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
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Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, October 31, 1944.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Correspondence between Mark and Eloise from the Philippines including a witness account of bombing raids and artillery fire on Japanese planes.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-10-30_and_31_MXB_Letter
Format
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Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, October 30, 1944, Page 2 of 2.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-10-30_and_31_MXB_Letter_(4)
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, October 30, 1944, Page 1 of 2.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-10-30_and_31_MXB_Letter_(3)
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 7, 1944.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about Mark’s military duties in the Fleet Post Office (FPO) and the decreasing frequency of Japanese planes over Mark’s base in the Philippines.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-11-07_MXB_Letter
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 5, 1944.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-11-05_MXB_Letter_(3)
Format
Image (JPEG)
Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, to Eloise Benson, November 5, 1944.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about military life in the Philippines and an account of a perceived Filipino reception to American occupation.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1944-11-05_MXB_Letter
Format
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Title
Letter, Mark X. Benson, Philippines, on letterhead of V-Mail, to Wiley D. Sanderson, Detroit, MI.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Wiley D. Sanderson
Abstract/Description
V-Mail (Victory Mail) from Mark to W.D. Sanderson illustrating a Fathers’ Day Greetings illustration of a globe depicting the Pacific Ocean with a U.S. Naval ship striking a missile at a retreating Japanese soldier.