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Letters Home: Private Harlan Luckhurst's Perceptions of Training and Combat during World War II

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Kelsey Luckhurst , Northern State University
Through a content analysis of a sample of the approximately 1,000 letters Private Harlan Luckhurst wrote to his new wife during World War II, the researcher looks for similarities and differences between the tone, word choice, and descriptions of training and combat experiences of one soldier.