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Heritage Project — Dear Aunt Ruth

November 8, 2021
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes
By the thousands and with clockwork precision, Ruth Buchanan wrote to U-M students, faculty, staff and alumni serving in World War II. Whether they were stationed stateside, recuperating in hospitals, or seeing action in Europe and the Pacific, students could expect to hear news about Ann Arbor from Buchanan.
Read the full story on the Heritage Project. (Click on the image to enlarge)
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