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Harrisburg Selective Service Department one [Selective Service Card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.400.06 Author/Creator: Harrisburg Selective Service Department one Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Postcard Date: 24 June 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One postcard to Leonard Eugene Graeff from Selective Service local board number one, Harrisburg city, dated June 24, 1943. Similar to GLC09611.400.05. It notes that Leonard’s number is 10,167 and he has been classified 1-A until called. This postcard was signed by Leonard Eugene Graeff. Enclosed with five other items in an envelope dated February 5, 1945. (GLC09611.400.01-.06)

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016

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