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Posing with wartime letter

How a Jewish RCAF airman’s wartime love letter was restored to his Toronto sons, 74 years after it was written

August 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Two sets of cufflinks. Some WWll service medals. A watch. A few photographs. Until now, these were all the physical…

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Filed under: Abe Colman, canadian jewish news, Eleanor Maxwell, Gene Colman, Jack Colman, Jewish War Veteran, Martin Maxwell, Neil Colman, North York, Palmerston Boulevard, RCAF

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