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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.422 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, (1920-2016) Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1945 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated April 25, 1945. He is enclosing photos of him and Russell Brady around Hawaii and mentions that he will send more when he can get a camera and film. He also sends a picture of the inside of the chapel. The electric was off at the barracks the past night for repair work but he managed to reply to Bertha Hutton before they turned it off. He still has to write Dottie Erickson and Doris Bixler. He is grateful for the photos his parents sent of the family. He was surprised that Russell's wife Jeanne called them first he thought they would receive the letter faster than she did. He thanks them for taking care of his bonds. He also mentions that 2,000 radios have been bought so far and servicemen have been lining up to buy them.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Brady, Jeanne, fl. 1945
Brady, Russell, fl. 1945
Bixler, Doris, fl. 1944-1945
Erickson, Dottie, fl. 1924-1945
Hutton, Bertha, fl. 1943-1945

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