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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.362 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 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 10, 1944. He’s glad to hear from them, especially since the letter was written by Raymond he hopes that Susan is okay after their vacation and trip visiting family. He mentions that he is now on kitchen police duty and it is much harder than working in the shop. At the shop he works 6 to 7 hours a day, during K.P. duty he is working 13 to 14 hours a day. He can’t wait until it’s over. He received letters from June, Dotty Runk, and Myrtle Stouffer who wrote as Mrs. Stouffer is sick in the hospital. She informed him that Wayne Stouffer is in France, as well as Robert Winemiller.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Runk, Dorothy Kaye, fl. 1942-1945
Winemiller, Robert A., fl. 1921-1947
Stouffer, Wayne, fl. 1943-1945
Stouffer, Myrtle, fl. 1943-1944
Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945
Walter, June, fl. 1943-1945

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