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Sixty-one Documents and Letters from World War II published

by Al R. Young

Sixty-one letters have been added to the online archive at alyoung.com. The site's digital archive of original historical documents pertains to My Father's Captivity by Al R. Young, published in mid-June.

The letters include correspondence with the U.S. Government in Washington D.C., a letter from Persident Harry S. Truman, military orders from General Douglas MacArthur, and the letters from Alfred R. Young to his parents, Samuel Peter Young and Ollie Beulah Cole. Additionally, views of Alfred's dog tags and an engraved coin from the 19th Bomb Group. This brings the total number of artifacts in the online collection to 361, the total number of documents to 225, the total number of letters to 197, and total number of people in the database to 1,716.

Letter from the Relief for Americans in Philippines Society	Revised Japanese Mailing Instructions for Prisoners of War	Letter - 24 May 1939	Letter - 27 May 1939
Letter - 22 May 1939	Letter - 21 May 1939	Letter - May 1939	Alfred R. Young Enlistment Letter
Letter - 6 Nov 1939	Letter - 14 Nov 1939	Letter - Christmas 1939	Letter to Congressman Disney - 14 March 1940
Letter - 12 June 1941	Letter - 24 July 1941	Letter - 15 September 1941	Letter - [Undated]
Letter - 10 June 1939	Letter - 22 May 1939	Letter - 18 October 1941	Telegram - 24 December 1941
Letter - 20 January 1942	Letter - 12 February 1942	Letter - 11 June 1942	Letter - 16 June 1942
Letter - 1 July 1942	Letter - 11 August 1941	Letter - December 1942	Letter - April 1943
Letter - June 1943 [Envelope Only]	Letter - June 1943	Ollie Cole's Personal Message Drafts	Letter - December 1943
Letter - September 1943	Letter - October 1943, no. 1	Letter - October 1943, no. 2	Letter - March 1944
S. P. Young Letter - February 3, 1944	Letter - April 1944	Letter - July 1944	Letter - August 1944
Telegram - 31 September 1945	Telegram - 19 September 1945	Telegram - 6 September 1945, no. 1	Telegram - 31 September 1945, no. 2
Telegram - 30 August 1945	Letter - August 1945	Letter from General George C. Kenney to Alfred R. Young	Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Alfred R. Young
Oct. 1944 Bulletin of the Washinton State Bataan Relief Organization	Newsletter #18 of the Relief for Americans in the Philippines	Message from General Douglas MacArthur to All Unit Commanders	19th Bombardment Group Engraven Coin
Alfred R. Young WWII Dog tags

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

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Added: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 19:00:00 MDT