"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. 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 April 9, 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
C-1-24-4 Mar. Div.
C/O Fleet Po. San Frisco
Calf.
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
PFC. J.M. Hines
C-1-24-4 Mar. Div.
C/O Fleet Po. San Frisco
Calf.
Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Virginia
Letter:
Dear Mother & All,
Well it’s all over and I’m still kicking, I didn’t even get a scratch. God was surely with some of us this trip. It was the worse I have been through yet. I hope you all didn’t worry too much about me. I worried a lot about you. Things were plenty hot on Iwo but there are a lot of good Japs there now. You can tell the League Chimes I received two copies while there.
I have to hurry to get this in so it’s just a note to let you know I’m safe. Please write Dot for me. I’ll write you all later.
Love to all,
Joe
Dear Mother & All,
Well it’s all over and I’m still kicking, I didn’t even get a scratch. God was surely with some of us this trip. It was the worse I have been through yet. I hope you all didn’t worry too much about me. I worried a lot about you. Things were plenty hot on Iwo but there are a lot of good Japs there now. You can tell the League Chimes I received two copies while there.
I have to hurry to get this in so it’s just a note to let you know I’m safe. Please write Dot for me. I’ll write you all later.
Love to all,
Joe
Original Format
Envelope and Letter (2 pages)
Collection
Citation
Joseph M. Hines
, “"Dear Mother & All" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11652.
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