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Getting Ready & Leaving Home
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High School Graduation Photo 1934
1934-1941
Here are letters and documents that provide a sense of what American life was like coming out of The Great Depression and into another World War. In 1934 Leonard takes a trip from Iowa to California in to visit his Uncle Louis and Aunt Stella in Long Beach, California.
He leaves college to run a business in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Men who work for and around him are drafted.
Finally, in July of 1941 he enlists in the Army Air Corp (today the US Air Force) and enters military service at the age of 23.
9 July 34
West
1 July 39
Peculiar
12 Jan 40
Frozen
20 Feb 40
Birthday
26 Jan 41
DRAFT
11 Jul 41
ENLISTED!
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