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    <abstract id="aspace_ee85824dbc511ee264522db822e9482e">Letters from Sgt. Louis L. Thomas to his mother, Mrs. Mary Thomas of Anmoore, WV. Most of the letters are from India where Sgt. Thomas was stationed in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. The letters are routine except to mention the insufferable heat and the grinding poverty of India.</abstract>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125948" source="lcsh">India</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148273" source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Thomas, Louis L.</persname>
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