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Title: Edward F. Witsell telegram to Ruby Oatman
Creator: Witsell, Edward F. (Edward Fuller), 1891-1969
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945 September 17
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: Earl R. Oatman papers
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Description: Scope/Content: Western Union telegram from Edward F. Witsell, acting adjutant general of the Army, to Ruby Oatman of Stockton, California. States that her son Earl R. Oatman was returned to United States military control in Japan on September 9, 1945, and would be returned to the U.S. shortly.
Type: text
Format: 1 telegram
Form/Genre: correspondence
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2kk9b7s
curivsc_ms224_001_002_004
Language: English
eng
Subject: World War, 1939-1945
Prisoners of war
Oatman, Earl R.
Source: MS 224

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