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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Henry L. Stimson to Edna P. Hancock (May 25, 1945)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[Letter from Stimson to Hancock (May 25, 1945)]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War II, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ Veterans--Florida]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter from U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to Edna P. Hancock dated May 25, 1945. In the letter, Sec. Stimson announces that Hancock's husband, Sergeant John B. Hancock (1913-1944), was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart from President Harry S. Truman.<br /><br />Sgt. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1913, but later migrated to Auburndale, Florida. Hancock managed a Great Atlantic &amp]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ Pacific Tea Company (A&amp]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[P) store in Haines City until he enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division's 179th Infantry Regiment. Sgt. Hancock served initially in Africa in 1943, until the 45th Infantry Division's participation in Operation Husky for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. The division then went on to participate in the Allied invasion of Italy, where Sgt. Hancock was injured. He was returned to duty in February of 1944 to tour southern France. On November 1, 1944, Sgt. Hancock went Missing in Action (MIA) after serving in the Allied invasion of Southern France, codenamed Operation Dragoon. He was eventually buried in Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Stimson, Henry L.]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Photocopy of original 1-page typewritten letter from Henry L. Stimson to Edna P. Hancock, May 25, 1945: Private Collection of Linda Hughes.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[1945-05-25]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Hughes, Linda]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:isFormatOf><![CDATA[Digital reproduction of photocopied 1-page typewritten letter from Henry L. Stimson to Edna P. Hancock, May 25, 1945.]]></dcterms:isFormatOf>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/172" target="_blank">Epinal American Cemetery Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
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    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[1-page typewritten letter]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[eng]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Auburndale, Florida]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:accrualMethod><![CDATA[Donation]]></dcterms:accrualMethod>
    <dcterms:audience><![CDATA[ ]]></dcterms:audience>
    <dcterms:mediator><![CDATA[History Teacher]]></dcterms:mediator>
    <dcterms:mediator><![CDATA[ Civics/Government Teacher]]></dcterms:mediator>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Originally created by Henry L. Stimson.]]></dcterms:provenance>
    <dcterms:rightsHolder><![CDATA[Copyright to this resource is held by Linda Hughes and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.]]></dcterms:rightsHolder>
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