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the outstanding Kansas man thet evening."

Then Mit added, "It matters not how he got it, I'll bet he took it with-
out a whimper, as he took everything that came to him,"

Mrs, Allen wrote T.P.'s mother, Mrs, Mary Hunter at Margaret, Texas, ex-
take our sympathies to her, 1.P,'s sister, Mrs, Jimmie Hembree, wrote as
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"Dear Mrs, Allen:

My mother received your very kind letter a few days agos
We wish to thank you for this sincere expression of your sympathy, We shall always
treasure your letter for its encouragement now and for the future.

Our entire community mourns for T.P. Many have come or
written to us to express their sorrow, Among them are the parents of three other
boys who have lost their lives « one in a plane crash, one
' and one in company with T.P. in the South Pacifi :

le My mother is trying to be brave as T.P. had told her to be
if anything ever happened to him, He was her baby and pride of her life, Though
the wisest and kindest of us all,
to meet his God. T.Pse, on receipt of

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We were so glad that T.P. attended the University and
¢ Allen, We wore glad that he had opportunities to
amid such pleasant friends and surroundings, We wishto
thank you for making his college life so pleasant and profitable,

Let us hope that the death of T.Ps, and others like him
will not be in vain but that war will be banished from the face of the earths
We have not ived a letter of details yet, but a letter

from Marine Headquarters said that he was killed July 21, on Guam,
I am T.P.'s oldest sister.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret, Texas 7 (Mrs.) Jimmy Hembree
August 25, 1944,

: In this morning's mail I received a letter from T.P.'s buddy, Cpl. Charles
P. Loar, USMC. It was written from the Naval Hospital at San Francisco, Calif.
Cpl. Lear says:

“Dear Mr. Allen:
First of all I want to tell you who I ams
Te Pe Hunter's best friends, We were in same outfit, and
he was killed, I guess that story will be :
but Tepe was a hero, and a great guys Ic
end I think it would be a best-sellers I
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