This collection contains approximately 70 letters written by Capt. Thomas E. Havel, USA to his wife Elizabeth Havel née Shilts during the Second World War. This collection also contains one transcribed letter from Havel to Pie Johnson, Nazi propaganda leaflets and booklets, postcards, photographs, photocopied documents, and photocopied photographs of Capt. Havel's medals.

Captain Thomas Earl "Tom" Havel, United States Army (1911 - 1989) was born in Montgomery, Minnesota to Thomas Nichols Havel and Henrietta Cecelia Havel née Thaler. He was the second eldest of 5 children, two brothers, and two sisters. Havel graduated from Sherman High School in 1929 and graduated from Creighton University Medical School in 1935.

1 Linear Feet (6 folders)

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