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in pencil in top margin Verle & John Henry

postcard CUSTER BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT Crow Agency, Montana Lt. Colonel George A. Custer seen here in 1865, when he wa a major general at the age of 25. Custer designed his own uniform. Photographed by the Civil War photographer Matthew Brady. RC2022-Photo: National Park Service

postmark BABB, MT 59411 AUG 15 -PM 1986 Stamp Sinclair Lewis USA 14

Jack Conroy 701 Fisk Moberly, MO 65270 USA

8/11/86 Dear Comrade Jack,

 John Henry & I are camping in Alberta, Canada, north of Glacier National Park.   Dig the Colonel's picture here, cold-eyed, steely looking, arrogant and a swaggering dandy for sure.   The little white Rambo of his day.  "Old iron ass," as his men called him, treated his dog better than them.  And old Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and the boys ran him down just for sport like a hunted Buffalo.  Don't let the bastards grind you down, etc.   Cheers, Verle & John Henry