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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0014 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 April 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Written at 9:30 AM at the office. Sylvia is glad he is stationed in Oregon. Boys who have returned from Southern camps do not report pleasant conditions. Says her brother Alvin has not been getting passes where he is stationed. Gives him her blessing to "mingle" with girls.(including a penciled postscript) Has a nice Director at work who is leaving to go to the USO.

USO- (United Service Organizations) Private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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