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Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 to Sylvia Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.1516 Author/Creator: Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 Place Written: Marseilles Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 October 1945 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 15 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Moe says he doesn't understand the process of getting men home, and writes the process is not very efficient and consists of a lot of paperwork. They will leave Marseilles on Oct. 20th and then go to the Calas staging area. There they will get on a boat going home sometime around the 30th Oct.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988

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