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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.600 Author/Creator: Place Written: Great Lakes, Illinois Type: Printed document Date: circa 1940-1945 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

One document entitled Instructions. Lists the rules for sailors who want to take furlough and what is needed to apply on the rear of the document Leonard has filled out his information including his regiment, battalion, and company. Included is his travel information.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016

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