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"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.

Creator

Joseph M. Hines

Source

Folder 1.6: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, August- December 1943, Joseph Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

September 14, 1943

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Language

English

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Text

Envelope:

Mrs. D.D. Hines
Toms Brook
Va.
Letter:

Dear Mother & all,
Well here it is again 20 more fellows are going on furlough this time and I should be on the next list but after they come back it will be about 14 days before anyone else goes home because of maneuvers. So it will probably be around the 18th [15th?] of next mo. before I can come home, if I’m on the next list. But it will be in the next two mos., sure. Yes I have heard from Margaret and still write her (me like heaps.) Tell dad we will get to hunt rabbits when I get home. Probably, I guess squirrel season is over today. I got two shots in the arm today same as in boot camp and my arms are getting sore. I have to write Margie yet and I can hardly wiggle the pen now, so I’ll sign off.
Love,
Joe

Original Format

Envelope and letter

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Mother & all" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11618.

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