V-mail from Maj. Justin Hanaw, Normandy, France, to Mr. Jerry Hanaw, Pass Christian, Mississippi
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V-mail, processed. From Major Justin Hanaw, APO 350, Normandy, France, to his son, Mr. Jerry Hanaw, Burkedale Farm, Pass Christian, Mississippi. Happy to receive the drawings and pictures Jerry sent; instructs him to do well in third grade and continue to take care of his mother and sister. 18 August 1944.
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Items from the service of Major Justin Joseph Hanaw, who served in the 9th Traffic Regulation Group, Transportation Corps, Third Army in the European Theater of Operations. Hanaw was born on 2 February 1903 in Mobile, Alabama, where he lived until moving to New Orleans, Louisiana, in the mid 1930s. He married Alice Burkenroad and had two children, John Jerome (Jerry) and Alice, before enlisting in the United States Army on 23 May 1941. Hanaw spent the bulk of his overseas service in France and was honorably discharged on 19 February 1946. He returned to his family in New Orleans, and remained there until his death on 4 November 1978. The collection consists of three V-mails, one letter, and a Hitler Youth knife.
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Manche
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49.000
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-1.167
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Parent and child
Children of military personnel
Officers--American--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France