"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
Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his family in 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
September 1, 1944
Contributor
Susan Hines
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Language
English
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Text
Envelope:
P.F.C. J.M. Hines
C-1. 24th-4th-Mar. Div.
c/o FLEET PO. SANFRANCISCO
CALF.
Mrs. D. D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
P.F.C. J.M. Hines
C-1. 24th-4th-Mar. Div.
c/o FLEET PO. SANFRANCISCO
CALF.
Mrs. D. D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
Letter:
Dear Family,
Here I am again snug as a bug in a rug. You were right am in a tent camp. I don’t see how Charlie got a letter home so soon. I had just gotten here when the air mail letter came. We have a new show already and we are giving it to the 24th tonight. It’s called The Snafu Snapshots. I’m in a small band and an act.
Say Dad, tell Clayton Painter that I wish I could get a diploma now. I have really had some experiences, some bad and most of them worse. I have but to thank God that I am writing this today.
A buddy of mine “Alex Leonoff” and I are in charge of the recreation tent and we have some job keeping the books, magazines, baseball gear, etc. together. (Alex just said hello).
Say Erma & Dad I have really been enjoying your letters about as much as you have been mine, I am sure. Ha. Let’s all agree to write but I’m waiting till I get yours, see?
Palanido [sic] just came in and I have to go get a piano for the show so that’s all till later. Just remember don’t worry I’m ok.
Love Joe
Dear Family,
Here I am again snug as a bug in a rug. You were right am in a tent camp. I don’t see how Charlie got a letter home so soon. I had just gotten here when the air mail letter came. We have a new show already and we are giving it to the 24th tonight. It’s called The Snafu Snapshots. I’m in a small band and an act.
Say Dad, tell Clayton Painter that I wish I could get a diploma now. I have really had some experiences, some bad and most of them worse. I have but to thank God that I am writing this today.
A buddy of mine “Alex Leonoff” and I are in charge of the recreation tent and we have some job keeping the books, magazines, baseball gear, etc. together. (Alex just said hello).
Say Erma & Dad I have really been enjoying your letters about as much as you have been mine, I am sure. Ha. Let’s all agree to write but I’m waiting till I get yours, see?
Palanido [sic] just came in and I have to go get a piano for the show so that’s all till later. Just remember don’t worry I’m ok.
Love Joe
Original Format
Envelope and Letter (2 pages)
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Family" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11639.
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