Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, July 1, 1944
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, July 1, 1944,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/44944.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, July 1, 1944
Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated July 1, 1944. The envelope is sent from Det. of Patients, 4187 U.S. Hospital Plant, A.P.O.-152, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated July 3, 1944. In the V-Mail letter, Joe writes to Agnes from the hospital and shares the news that he is improving every day and on his way to recovery, despite the shrapnel wounds that will always be with him.