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Navy Department to Susan Prowell Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.078.02 Author/Creator: Navy Department Place Written: Great Lakes, Illinois Type: Document Date: 15 September 1943 Pagination: 2p. : envelope ; 8.6 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

One note and postcard form dated September 15, 1943. The item is a note with instructions on when to expect communication with a recent enlisted recruit and how to receive a Visitors Pass. Attached is a postcard form that can be filled out to receive a Visitors Pass.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Emmet, R.R.M., fl. 1943

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