Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 10, 1941
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 10, 1941,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46377.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 10, 1941
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated December 10, 1941. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, dated December 11, 1941. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes while most of "the boys" are out on furlough, questioning how long they will be stationed at Fort Devens, and wondering about a potential declaration of war during President Roosevelt's recent speech.