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Telegrams, correspondence, and holiday cards make up up this folder. It includes a letter from Ida Spooner Barry of Franconia , New Hampshire, May 18, 1943 to Mrs. Henry Perner indicating that she had heard her husband's name read over a German propaganda radio broadcast beamed to the United States declaring he was a prisoner of war. There is a letter from Elizabeth M. Duda of Detroit, Michigan, March 1, 1945 asking for a copy of a picture that Henry Perner sent to the Prisoner of War Bulletin. The folder contains several postcard receipts from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for the purchase of Camel Cigarettes for men the armed services.

This folder contains a miscellaneous collection of correspondences, newspaper and magazine clippings, and personal documents belonging to William and Margarita King. Ranging from William's time stationed in Tampa to his service in the Philippines, the letters provide valuable insight into the frustration and anticipation of serving in the war. One of the letters is from a veteran protest group and suggests the discontent of American soldiers serving overseas at the beginning of 1945.