Letter from Melvin C. Shaffer to Joan E. Klein with enclosed aerial photo of 8th Evac, 1998

Containers:
Box 13, Folder 074
Scope and content:

Shaffer writes about his camera surviving a 1000 foot fall from an airplane and its risky rescue. The photo shows the 8th Evac north of Naples in 1943 where the inspiration for the shower scene in the movie "MASH" occurred.

Physical description:
TLS 2 pp., PHOTO 1-B

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