United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 4th
Photographs showing US Marines of the 4th Marine Division after a training hike at Camp Pendelton in October of 1943.
Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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Joseph M. Hines mentions this hike in a letter dated October 13, 1943. In it he wrote "I am beginning to feel proud of my outfit and myself. We made 30 miles in 9 hrs. carrying 60lbs and a rifle, and I’m bragging now, we only lost 30 men out of our Bn. And the third lost 200 in 10 1/2 hrs. Boy, were we dead." The letter is available at http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11622
Photograph showing a performance of the Just "4" Fun Variety Troop. The Variety Troop was made up entirely of US Marines and was a part of the 4th Marine Division in World War Two. Joseph M. Hines was a member of the group.
Variety troop is mentioned in Joseph M. Hines letter, May 10, 1944. http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11636
Photograph showing the Just "4" Fun Variety Troop after a performance at an unknown location. The Variety Troop was made up entirely of US Marines and was a part of the 4th Marine Division in World War Two. Joseph M. Hines was a member of the group.
Photograph of Joseph M. Hines, USMC with his family. It was taken at the Hines family home on Main Street in Toms Brook while he was home on leave in October 1943. Pictured from left to right are: Duval "Du" Delaney Hines, Erma May Hines, Mary Thelma Hines, and Joseph Martin Hines.
Photograph showing Joseph M. Hines with a girl on his lap. According to a letter written by Hines on June 11, 1945 she was "Johnnie Wisemuller's girl." Johnnie Wisemuller was famous for playing Tarzan.
Troop Mess Ticket giving Joseph M. Hines, USMC, permission to eat chow early due to his duties in the ship's laundry. Dated February 1945.
Folder 1.11: Troop Mess Ticket, J.M. Hines USMC, February 1945, Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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.
Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia
Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his sister Erma Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.
Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his father Duval Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.
Folder 1.8: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, January-March 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
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.
Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his father Duval Hines of Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.
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.
Letter sent by Joseph M. Hines to his mother Mary Hines of Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.