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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.337 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 June 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated June 26, 1944. Leonard updates them on his mail, and the box they sent. He also mentions his recent leave where he got sunburned. He thanks them for sending the photographs he asked for. He is going to put them in albums when he has time. He asks them to get some film and take some of themselves as he has so few of them. He also updates them on Robert Winemiller, Thomas Gassert and Dick Arnold.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Walter, June, fl. 1943-1945
Gassert, Thomas William, fl. 1943-1945
Winemiller, Robert A., fl. 1921-1947
Arnold, Dick, fl. 1943-1945

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