"Dear Family" Letter
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Title
"Dear Family" Letter
Subject
Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969)
Toms Brook (Va)
World War (1939-1945)
Description
V-Mail letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent from Saipan Island in the Pacific.
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
Postmarked July 24, 1944
Contributor
Susan Hines
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Language
English
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Text
Letter:
Saipan Island
Dear Family,
Well I’m safe and feeling pretty good. You probably got my letter saying I was going into combat. Well for the past 30 days I have been right in the middle of it. With the help of God I came through. Don’t expect many letters until I get to a camp somewhere and get settled because I’m pretty busy. It will probably be some time.
Tell Jenny Lind I received the [Lutheran] league Chimes and tell the folks at home I have learned the value of prayer. Tell all my girls hello. All my love, Joe
Saipan Island
Dear Family,
Well I’m safe and feeling pretty good. You probably got my letter saying I was going into combat. Well for the past 30 days I have been right in the middle of it. With the help of God I came through. Don’t expect many letters until I get to a camp somewhere and get settled because I’m pretty busy. It will probably be some time.
Tell Jenny Lind I received the [Lutheran] league Chimes and tell the folks at home I have learned the value of prayer. Tell all my girls hello. All my love, Joe
Original Format
V-Mail envelope and letter
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Family" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11638.
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