May 4, 1942

This page includes a news map from May 4, 1942, along with three related items:

  • a newspaper article reflecting on the Pearl Harbor attack and the beginning of the United States' formal involvement in WWII;
  • the February 1942 induction notice for Johnson City, TN resident Robert Valentine Devault; and
  • a May 6, 1942 letter from Devault to his family.

  

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A remembrance of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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Devault envelope, May 7th, 1942.

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Devault Letter-May 6, 1942.

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Robert Valentine Devault's Induction Telegram.

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May 4, 1942