"Dear Mother" Letter
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Title
"Dear Mother" Letter
Subject
Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969)
Toms Brook (Va)
World War (1939-1945)
Description
Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines of Toms Brook Virginia.
Creator
Joseph M. Hines
Source
Folder 1.6: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, August- December 1943, Joseph Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
August 20 1943
Contributor
Susan Hines
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Language
English
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Text
Envelope:
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
Letter:
Dear Mother,
Today we had wonderful news. We are getting 15 day furlough starting Sunday. I guess I’ll get mine in Sept. I don’t know. I’ll have to send home for money and it will be a lot. Around $80 round trip by train. If at all possible send it immediately so I can buy my ticket and be prepared.
About 14 of the fellows are leaving Sunday. I guess it will strain you a lot to send all of that dough and I’ll try to raise some myself. And maybe I can pay it back some day.
I really am happy tonite and I’m going out tomorrow for the last time till I get my furlough. Tell everyone I’m coming and get all the gas you can. Well I have to get ready for inspection tomorrow so goodnite Mother & Dad, see you soon, tell Sis hello.
Love,
Joe
Dear Mother,
Today we had wonderful news. We are getting 15 day furlough starting Sunday. I guess I’ll get mine in Sept. I don’t know. I’ll have to send home for money and it will be a lot. Around $80 round trip by train. If at all possible send it immediately so I can buy my ticket and be prepared.
About 14 of the fellows are leaving Sunday. I guess it will strain you a lot to send all of that dough and I’ll try to raise some myself. And maybe I can pay it back some day.
I really am happy tonite and I’m going out tomorrow for the last time till I get my furlough. Tell everyone I’m coming and get all the gas you can. Well I have to get ready for inspection tomorrow so goodnite Mother & Dad, see you soon, tell Sis hello.
Love,
Joe
Original Format
Envelope and letter (2 pages)
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Mother" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11617.
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