"Hi Mom" Letter
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Title
"Hi Mom" 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. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.
Creator
Joseph M. Hines
Source
Folder 1.7: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, 1944, Joseph Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
May 3, 1944
Contributor
Susan Hines
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Language
English
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Envelope:
PFC. J.M. Hines
C-1-24th-4th Mar Div.
C/) Fleet PO San Francisco
Calf.
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
PFC. J.M. Hines
C-1-24th-4th Mar Div.
C/) Fleet PO San Francisco
Calf.
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
Letter:
[On USO stationary with Mother’s day illustration]
Hi Mom,
Guess you all gave up every hearing from me-huh.
Answers to questions
1. Yes I got the boxes.
2. They were ok except for a small amount of mold on the cakes.
3. It took the air mail 8 days and one 7.
I am on liberty today and using the good old U.S.O. You can only use one side of the paper so that’s why I only used one side—confusing isn’t it. I forgot to put that part from the paper in that letter and I can’t find it now.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to get you anything you would like because some things you can’t send and if I don’t, you show those gabby women the first page of this and they will know I remembered Mother’s Day. I’m going to have the lady here at the U.S.O. to try and get me something for you till I see her again. If I do I’ll be able to send it if not—well. I have to go to camp now so bee good. Love to all,
Joe
[On USO stationary with Mother’s day illustration]
Hi Mom,
Guess you all gave up every hearing from me-huh.
Answers to questions
1. Yes I got the boxes.
2. They were ok except for a small amount of mold on the cakes.
3. It took the air mail 8 days and one 7.
I am on liberty today and using the good old U.S.O. You can only use one side of the paper so that’s why I only used one side—confusing isn’t it. I forgot to put that part from the paper in that letter and I can’t find it now.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to get you anything you would like because some things you can’t send and if I don’t, you show those gabby women the first page of this and they will know I remembered Mother’s Day. I’m going to have the lady here at the U.S.O. to try and get me something for you till I see her again. If I do I’ll be able to send it if not—well. I have to go to camp now so bee good. Love to all,
Joe
Original Format
Envelope and Letter (2 pages)
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Hi Mom" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11635.
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