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Miller, Richard C., fl. 1941-1945 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.014 Author/Creator: Miller, Richard C., fl. 1941-1945 Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 September 1942 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 13.1 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Richard C. Miller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated September 1, 1942. Richard relays that life has changed now that he is in a service unit. In addition to listing extracurricular activities he notes the large number of vaccinations. He is scheduled to leave base Wednesday, Sept. 2 and has been seeing a woman named "Agnes." He anticipates being deployed writing "I don't fell so bad about this as I thought I would, probably because of all the excitement & new things I think I'm going to see." Signed "Your Pal, Dick."

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Miller, Richard C., fl. 1941-1945

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