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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Mary Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.04 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 December 1968 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary Lawyer dated December 19, 1968. Handy addresses her as his mother-in-law. He hasn't received any letters from them and really wants one. He mentions he worked in the mail room last night with another soldier from New York and really likes where he is stationed now. He gets to sleep in a building, hot showers and has access to soda.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017
Lawyer, Mary, fl. 1968-1969

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