Stouffer, E.M. Mrs, (fl.1943) to Leonard Eugene Graeff
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.149 Author/Creator: Stouffer, E.M. Mrs, (fl.1943) Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 November 1943 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; 27.8 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy
One letter from Mrs. E.M. Stouffer to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 22, 1943. Mrs. Stouffer just got Leonard's letter, she also got one from Wayne. Wayne is in Ireland now and hopes the next transfer will be to the United States and Moyer is in St. Petersburg Florida. She advises the use of Ivory soap while on K.P. duty (Kitchen Police). She says his pictures came out good. She warns him not to pick up too many blondes his next furlough, and asks if he waits tables for the four hundred "Waves." She reports that Genevieve is visiting Charlie in North Carolina. She also sends Wayne's address if Leonard wants to write him a letter.
W.A.V.E.S. stands for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service it was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942 by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U.S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned officers at the enlisted level, so that officers and men that were determined to be fit could be placed on sea duty and replaced with women in shore establishments.
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