Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, July 4, 1944

Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated July 4, 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 13, 1944. In the V-Mail letter, Joe writes a brief message to Agnes on the Fourth of July, a day that holds additional significance as the last day they were together before their two years apart. He also writes with the news that he has been awarded the "Purple Heart" medal for being wounded in action and will be sending it home to his family for safekeeping.

World War II

1944-07-04

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

RHC-93_Olexa_1944-07-04

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