Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 14, 1945

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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 14, 1945,” Digital Collections, accessed February 25, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/44982.

Title

Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, February 14, 1945

Description

Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated February 14, 1945. The envelope is sent from Det. of Patients, 4152 U.S. Hospital Plant, A.P.O.-63, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated February 16, 1945. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes while recovering in the hospital in England and after receiving the first forwarded letters from her in over three months. He continues to write that he will be leaving the hospital in the near future and placed on "Non-Combatant" duty, in addition to updating Agnes on his latest news.

Coverage

World War II

Date

1945-02-14

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Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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