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Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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W. K. Jaye Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00051
Scope and Contents Letter written by Army Private W. K. Jaye to a Mrs. Price on Mar. 26, 1951 while Jaye was serving during the Korean War. The letter explains that he was shot in the arm and hospitalized.  The letter also describes another occasion when a mortar shell landed 10 feet from him, killing two other soldiers and wounding more.  The second page of the letter is a pencil sketch of a solider walking while a bullet whizzes in front of his face, going through his right arm.  It is captioned, "It had my...
Dates: 1951 March 26