"Dear Mother & all" Letter
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Title
"Dear Mother & all" 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 and family in 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
September 14, 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
Va.
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Va.
Letter:
Dear Mother & all,
Well here it is again 20 more fellows are going on furlough this time and I should be on the next list but after they come back it will be about 14 days before anyone else goes home because of maneuvers. So it will probably be around the 18th [15th?] of next mo. before I can come home, if I’m on the next list. But it will be in the next two mos., sure. Yes I have heard from Margaret and still write her (me like heaps.) Tell dad we will get to hunt rabbits when I get home. Probably, I guess squirrel season is over today. I got two shots in the arm today same as in boot camp and my arms are getting sore. I have to write Margie yet and I can hardly wiggle the pen now, so I’ll sign off.
Love,
Joe
Dear Mother & all,
Well here it is again 20 more fellows are going on furlough this time and I should be on the next list but after they come back it will be about 14 days before anyone else goes home because of maneuvers. So it will probably be around the 18th [15th?] of next mo. before I can come home, if I’m on the next list. But it will be in the next two mos., sure. Yes I have heard from Margaret and still write her (me like heaps.) Tell dad we will get to hunt rabbits when I get home. Probably, I guess squirrel season is over today. I got two shots in the arm today same as in boot camp and my arms are getting sore. I have to write Margie yet and I can hardly wiggle the pen now, so I’ll sign off.
Love,
Joe
Original Format
Envelope and letter
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Mother & all" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11618.
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