Lee and Grace De Graff collection 1942-1946 De Graff, Lee and Grace collection

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Lee and Grace De Graff collection 1942-1946 De Graff, Lee and Grace collection

This collection contains 10 letters that Lee and Grace De Graff and their son, Lee De Graff, Jr., received from men serving in the United States Armed Forces during and just after the Second World War.

11 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392012

William L. Clements Library

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Whipple, William H.

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De Graff, Grace

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Lee De Graff (b. ca. 1906) and his wife Grace (b. ca. 1909) lived in Fort Johnson, New York, in the 1940s. Their son Lee (b. ca. 1928) joined the United States Navy after the spring of 1945 and their nephew, Hugh Brown, served in the Philippines with the Navy during World War II. From the guide to the Lee and Grace De Graff collection, De Graff, Lee and Grace collection, 1942-1946, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) ...

Kosboth, William W. (Bill)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

De Graff, Lee W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz38q9 (person)

Lee De Graff (b. ca. 1906) and his wife Grace (b. ca. 1909) lived in Fort Johnson, New York, in the 1940s. Their son Lee (b. ca. 1928) joined the United States Navy after the spring of 1945 and their nephew, Hugh Brown, served in the Philippines with the Navy during World War II. From the guide to the Lee and Grace De Graff collection, De Graff, Lee and Grace collection, 1942-1946, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) ...

Montana, Buddy.

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United States. Air Force. Air Force, 14th

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...

Brown, Hugh.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mh7vn3 (person)

Epithet: trade union official British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x000235 ...