Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, June 24, 1942
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Olexa, Joseph P., “Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, June 24, 1942,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/46409.
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Letter from Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, June 24, 1942
Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated June 24, 1942. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry, A.P.O. #1, Indiantown Gap, Military Reservation, Pennsylvania, dated June 24, 1942. In the letter, Joe writes to Agnes ahead of having a "blackout" at the military reservation that evening and discusses various subjects including his hopes for a furlough and how it would be a miracle to return to Fort Devens.