Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 9, 1945

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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 9, 1945,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/44980.

Title

Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 9, 1945

Description

Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated February 9, 1945. The envelope is sent from Det. of Patients, 4152 U.S. Army Hospital, A.P.O-63 c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated February 19, 1945. In the V-Mail letter, Joe writes a brief message to Agnes, sharing how much he misses her and her letters and discussing how he will be placed on "limited service" upon leaving the hospital instead of returning to combat once again.

Coverage

World War II

Date

1945-02-09

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

RHC-93_Olexa_1945-02-09

Format

application/pdf

Type

Text

Language

eng