"Dear Mother"
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Title
"Dear Mother"
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 1.8: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, January-March 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Postmarked January 12, 1945
Contributor
Susan Hines
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Language
English
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Text
Envelope:
PFC. J.M. Hines
CO-C-1-24-4 Mar. Div.
C/O Fleet PO. San. Frico
Calf.
PFC. J.M. Hines
CO-C-1-24-4 Mar. Div.
C/O Fleet PO. San. Frico
Calf.
Letter:
Dear Mother,
Well here I am again. I didn’t write before due to circumstances beyond my control. I am better and back with my company so I won’t see Edgar any more for a while. I wrote two letters I don’t think you received but I’m sure you will get this one ok. I wrote one before and one after the one to Dad. [Dec 23, 1944] I got all the packages and a lot of cards but I won’t be able to answer every one, the cake was swell. Tell the Sunday School I enjoyed the package very much.
Would you do me a favor and put a piece in the paper thanking all the people who have sent me cards and things. I wish I could write them all but that would mean about 50 letters. [see newspaper clipping? thanking every one]
I missed Buddy about two days I imagine and I sure wanted to see him but I did see James Poland. I’ll not write Leonard [Hepner] cause I doubt if I’ll catch him but send him my best by Bill.
Well I hear chow call so I’ll stop for now. So keep writing and I’ll answer soon.
Love to all,
Joe
Dear Mother,
Well here I am again. I didn’t write before due to circumstances beyond my control. I am better and back with my company so I won’t see Edgar any more for a while. I wrote two letters I don’t think you received but I’m sure you will get this one ok. I wrote one before and one after the one to Dad. [Dec 23, 1944] I got all the packages and a lot of cards but I won’t be able to answer every one, the cake was swell. Tell the Sunday School I enjoyed the package very much.
Would you do me a favor and put a piece in the paper thanking all the people who have sent me cards and things. I wish I could write them all but that would mean about 50 letters. [see newspaper clipping? thanking every one]
I missed Buddy about two days I imagine and I sure wanted to see him but I did see James Poland. I’ll not write Leonard [Hepner] cause I doubt if I’ll catch him but send him my best by Bill.
Well I hear chow call so I’ll stop for now. So keep writing and I’ll answer soon.
Love to all,
Joe
Original Format
Envelope and Letter
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Mother",” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11648.
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