Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, November 9, 1941
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, November 9, 1941,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46375.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, November 9, 1941
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated November 9, 1941. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, A.P.O. #1, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, dated November 9, 1941. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes while staying at a YMCA in Greensboro, North Carolina on a hospitality trip and sharing the news that he most likely won't be able to return home for Thanksgiving that year.