BIB_ID
373199
Accession number
MA 5142.87
Creator
Price, Robert Glenn, 1918-
Display Date
ca. 1943.
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Date is based on Price's reference to Sperisen's stay in the hospital; other letters in the collection indicate that Sperisen was hospitalized in 1943.
Letter is addressed to "Pvt. Albert Sperisen / 7th Photo Squadron / Colorado Springs, Colo."
Price gives the following return address: "S./Sgt. Bob Price, 19803858, / 47th Fighter Sq., AC / APO 959 / c/o P.M. San Francisco, California."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Letter is addressed to "Pvt. Albert Sperisen / 7th Photo Squadron / Colorado Springs, Colo."
Price gives the following return address: "S./Sgt. Bob Price, 19803858, / 47th Fighter Sq., AC / APO 959 / c/o P.M. San Francisco, California."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Asking about his hospital reading and telling him that he read Pelican and Penguin books while he was hospitalized; quoting from Wilfred Owen's poems; wondering if they will be home in a year.
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