Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, October 8, 1941
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, October 8, 1941,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46371.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, October 8, 1941
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated October 8, 1941. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, dated October 9, 1941. In the letter, Joe writes multiple pages to Agnes discussing how he and his peers compare with the young men of 1917 that preceeded them, the difficult maneuvers they are facing, and how he hopes to see Agnes and her folks before he leaves for North Carolina.