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Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 to Sylvia Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0737 Author/Creator: Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 July 1943 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 16.3 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Moe worked guard all night. He notes there are too many ratings in his company so that the "poor private would be worked to death." He also notes that he was shocked by the coolness after he experienced the heat of New York. He hears other soldiers singing songs that remind him of Sylvia.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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