Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 14, 1941
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 14, 1941,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46378.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, December 14, 1941
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated December 14, 1941. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, dated December 1941. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes during a period of being on alert for sentry duty and a series of "tough breaks" while all furloughs are being cancelled, but still holding onto hope that he can visit his family or Agnes for the Christmas holiday.