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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.359 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 September 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated September 1, 1944. Recaps his last liberty when he went to the dance at the U.S.O. and a movie. While at the U.S.O. he looked at the register and saw Red Simmers and a guy who lives on 15th St. in Harrisburg. He mentions receiving a letter from Edna Graeff who updated him about Herman and Uncle Charles. He also received three more birthday cards making it 14 in total. He mentions Jessie Hollis’s visit to the Hutton house. He informs them that he has not heard from Robert Winemiller and asks them to let him know if they hear anything.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Hollis, Addie May, fl. 1938-1944
Hollis, Dennis, fl. 1938-1944
Hollis, Jessie, fl. 1932-1945
Hollis, Robert, fl. 1932-1944
Hutton, Edith, fl. 1943-1945
Hutton, Bertha, fl. 1943-1945
Hutton, Seward, fl. 1943-1945
Hutton, Morris, fl. 1943-1945
Graeff, Edna, fl. 1943-1945
Winemiller, Robert A., fl. 1921-1947
Simmers, Red, fl. 1944
Graeff, Herman, fl. 1944
Graeff, Charles, fl. 1944-1945

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