Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, August 24, 1944
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, August 24, 1944,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/44960.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, August 24, 1944
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated August 24, 1944. The envelope is sent from Co. "K," Det. of Patients, 4167 U.S. Hospital Plant, A.P.O.-514-A, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated circa August 1944. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes with great excitement as he daydreams of their future honeymoon and as he approaches his final week of recovery in the hospital. He also mentions the most recent films he has seen including "Thousands Cheer" and "The Cross of Lorraine."