Letter from the War Department to Ruth Sengstake, August 26, 1944

Title

Letter from the War Department to Ruth Sengstake, August 26, 1944

Description

This letter from the War Department to Ruth Sengstake documents the Department's shipment of Eugene Sengstake's personal effects to Ruth.

Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941-1944, and he attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. His service was in the South Pacific, including New Guinea. He was killed in action June 9, 1944 between Palau and Wake Islands.

Creator

United States War Department

Source

Eugene Sengstake Jr., Lincoln History Harvest, 2014

Date

1944-08-26

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Format

Document

Language

English

Type

Image

Coverage

Fort Mason (Cal.); Lincoln (Neb.)

Original Format

Letter

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Citation

United States War Department , “Letter from the War Department to Ruth Sengstake, August 26, 1944,” History Harvest, accessed December 7, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/507.

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