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Letter from James Piggott at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, to mother and father : Correspondence 1941.

America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts Available online

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America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts Available online

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Description: Letter from James Piggott at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, to mother and father. Piggott describes the situation and emotions immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese; he describes the bombing and machine gun fire; working stretcher since the attack; thinks some of the dive bombers were Nazis; damage to his barracks from the attack; there was no invasion despite what the newspaper were saying; tells parents to be strong if something happens to him during the war.
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