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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09414.0040 |
| From Archive Folder | The Weiner Collection |
| Title | Sylvia Weiner to Morris "Moe" Weiner |
| Date | 21 May 1943 |
| Author | Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) |
| Recipient | Weiner, Morris |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Went to a USO meeting. Went to see "Counter Attack" [stage play about a Russian soldier-made into a movie in 1945] and read his letters during intermission. Tells him that FDR gave an audience to our delegates from the C/O Community Council. |
| Subjects | Marriage Soldier's Letter World War II Women's History Military History Woman Author USO Charity and Philanthropy Art, Music, Theater, and Film President Organized Labor Government and Civics Refugees France |
| People | Weiner, Morris (Moe) (1909-1988) Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) Fast, Howard (1914-2003) |
| Place written | Brooklyn, New York |
| Theme | World War II; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | USO- (United Service Organizations) Private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services. Vichy France- French State during the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain, during World War II,1940-1944. "Citizen Tom Paine" by Howard Fast 1943. "Counter Attack" -Stage play about a Russian soldier-made into a movie in 1945. Spanish Loyalists-also known as the Republicans who fought in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 against Francisco Franco leader of the Nationalists. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |