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Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.149 Author/Creator: Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 November 1943 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Mrs. E.M. Stouffer to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 22, 1943. Mrs. Stouffer just recieved Leonard's letter, she also recieved one from Wayne. Wayne is in Ireland now and hopes the next transfer will be to the United States. Moyer is in St. Petersburg Florida. She advises the use of Ivory soap while on K.P. duty (Kitchen Police). She writes his pictures came out good. She warns him not to pick up too many blondes his next furlough, and asks if he waits tables for the four hundred "Waves." She reports that Genevieve is visiting Charlie in North Carolina. She also sends Wayne's address if Leonard wants to write him a letter.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945
Stouffer, Wayne, fl. 1943-1945
Moyer, Kennith H., fl. 1943-1945

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