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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0096 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Typed letter signed Date: 31 August 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Written on City of New York-Department of Welfare stationery. Sylvia talks about the problems colleagues are having determining the needs of families who have boys in the service. Has heard from her brother Alvin and he thinks that he will be accepted as a pilot. At end of letter Sylvia made a drawing of her activities of the day and Moe's situation at Camp [Lewis].

Fort Lewis is an Army base in Tacoma, Washington.

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

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