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Frances Schneider - World War II
Frances Schneider was a civilian instructor of Morse code during World War II. She worked in a transmitter room and educated soldiers who would become B-17 gunners or radio operators. Her husband was a sergeant in the military. He served in the Pacific theater and was involved in communicating weather reports to the aircraft that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.
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Jack M. Schneider (left) with an unidentified man.
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Army Air Force Radio Instructor’s School at Saint Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri on April 28, 1943.
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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April 28, 1943
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George Morrow, Frances Schneider’s brother, and his wife Irene.
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Frances Schneider’s brother, William L. Morrow Sr.
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Frances Schneider’s brother, Stephen P. Morrow Jr.
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Bob Hope at the USO in Ipswitch, England.
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Ipswitch, England
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Jack Schneider with his son, Jerome on September 11, 1945.
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September 11, 1945
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Jack Schneider (right) with an unidentified man.
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Frances Morrow (left) and Wilma Ecker at Scott Field in 1943.
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Belleville, Illinois
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1943
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Catholic Mass in England
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England
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Transfer Paper
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Songbook
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Promotion Certificate
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Certificate of Appreciation
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Commendation
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Teletype Operator Certificate
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Pass to London
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July 31, 1943
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Discharge Certificate
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Recommendation letter
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May 26, 1942
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Furlough
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Frances Schneider is interviewed for the WILL-AM-FM-TV Central Illinois World War II Stories Project in 2007.
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Urbana, Illinois
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2007
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