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Graeff, Leonard Eugene, (1920-2016) to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.367 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, (1920-2016) Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 September 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated September 22, 1944. He is very tired from working Kitchen Police duty and wants for the three months to be over. The longer he works K.P. the longer three months seems. Mentions receiving letters from June Walter, Dotty Runk, and them. He also sends Robert Winemiller and Wayne Stouffer‘s address for Susan. He comments on how happy he is to have letters from them and June so regularly, they really keep his morale up. June is going to Penn State for interior decorating. He also comments on Ruth Hoover having a baby, and mentions Rosalina Fencil and Jesse Hollis.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Hollis, Jessie, fl. 1932-1945
Fencil, Roselina, fl. 1943-1945
Hoover, Ruth, fl. 1944
Walter, June, fl. 1943-1945
Winemiller, Robert A., fl. 1921-1947
Stouffer, Wayne, fl. 1943-1945
Runk, Dorothy Kaye, fl. 1942-1945

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