Graeff, Leonard Eugene, (1920-2016) to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.345 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, (1920-2016) Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 July 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy
One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated July 22, 1944. He updates them on friends of his getting married, divorced, and having children according to a letter by June Walter. He mentions Jack Mickle, Dot Rife, Helen Peters, Lucy Allen, Bud Zimmerman, and Doris Bixler. He is glad his parents are going for drives again and getting out of the house. Throughout the letter he mentions Mrs. Stouffer, Wayne Stouffer, Thomas William Gassert, Jack Meyers, Jessie Hollis, Malinda Graeff and Lulu Graeff. He updates his parents on what he is doing, including a liberty to visit a friend on a base nearby. During his liberty he cut his elbow while swimming and bought a pineapple. He also comments on how all his old friends are getting married even the ones serving overseas.
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