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Girl Writes to WWII GIs - Ruth Chudnow

2/15/2016

 
Here’s some news from the Chudnow family! Avrum Chudnow, our founder, was Ruth’s brother, so he may very well have been one of the ones introducing her to her new penpals! We have many of her letters and postcards of correspondence in our archives.

Article originally published in the Milwaukee Journal, December 21, 1942. The reporter, Louis Chapman, usually wrote for the sports section but was a relative of the Chudnows.
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By Kayla Sutherland,
Associate, Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear

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