Lost Battalion

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20061660

Description

This homemade envelope was fashioned from a sheet of ruled tablet paper and enclosed a letter from Captain Thomas A. Dodson, member of Texas' Lost Battalion. Mrs. Dodson received the letter almost a year after it was mailed. It was the first known letter from a member of the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, since the outfit fell before the Japanese on Java, in March of 1941. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Thomas A. Dodson, of 751 Ninth Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. Written at the bottom left of the envelope is, "Prisoners Information Bureau / Department of War / Tokyo."

Archival Date

1944-08-19

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1836

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Dodson, Thomas A. (Capt.); Dodson, Thomas A. (Mrs.); Lost Battalion; Lost Battalion Survivors; Texas Battalion; Correspondence; Prisoners of war; Prisoners Information Bureau; United States. Army