Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, April 27, 1942
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, April 27, 1942,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46396.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, April 27, 1942
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated April 27, 1942. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, A.P.O. #1, Camp Blanding, Florida, dated April 27, 1942. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes discussing the letters he received that week and the reasons why he is undecided in taking a furlough at that time. He also writes of his recent promotion to "Corporal" by his Company Commander and the news of the First Division's return to Fort Devens.