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to Leonard Eugene Graeff
4 May 1943
Shank, Edgar, fl. 1943-1946
A portrait of Ed Shank included in letter GLC09611.048.01 to Leonard E. Graeff dated May 4, 1943.
GLC09611.048.02
[Paper napkin from the Jade Lounge]
21 July 1943
Schenk, Edgar, fl. 1943
A napkin from Jade Lounge included with GLC09611.062.01. An image of Buddha is printed on the item.
GLC09611.062.02
[Greeting card and photograph] [Decimalized .01- .02]
One greeting card and photograph from Ed Shank to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated May 4, 1943.
GLC09611.048
One greeting card from Ed Shank to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated May 4, 1943. Ed likens receiving Leonard's letter to "getting cookies from home." He asks Leonard, "So the little gal got engaged, and not to you. What the hell happened pal. I thought...
GLC09611.048.01
Letter and Napkin [Decimalized .01- .02]
One letter from Edward Schenk to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated July 21, 1943. A paper napkin from the Jade lounge is included with the letter.
GLC09611.062
One letter from Edward Schenk to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated July 21, 1943. Ed relays that he is attending "advanced school at the Douglas Aircraft Co" after which he expects to complete aerial gunner's school. He notes that Leonard is "in 1A" and...
GLC09611.062.01
3 August 1943
One letter from Edgar Schenk to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated August 3, 1943. Ed is in his last week of school, from there he expects "to go out on the desert...to get toughened up and to practice, pistol, rifle, machinegun and bayonet." He expects to...
GLC09611.066
23 August 1943
One letter from Edgar Schenk to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated August 23, 1943. Ed says he received a good deal, he will attend gunners school in Florida where he will live in the "Jungle." He describes the location as "really away from civilization."...
GLC09611.071
11 September 1943
One letter from Edgar Schenk to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated September 11, 1945. Edgar relays that he is now working in an office and prefers the work despite the long hours because it is "clean work." His work entails "draw[ing] up papers for Court...
GLC09611.076
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.602]
1937-1963
Various
672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...
GLC09611
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