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Gift of Gary Barranger, Class of '73, Law '76
Al to Cass Letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Letters from Al to his wife Cass, 1942 November 10. He mentions a gift he sent her from Arizona made out of an "Indian weed" and talks about life in the army and the men in his unit.