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"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

V-mail letter from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was written from the Marshall Islands following his participating in the assault on Namur.

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

February 18, 1944

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

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

Language

English

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Text

Letter:

Marshall Islands
(Namur)
Dear Family,
I am safe and feel pretty good. We landed on Namur and cleaned the devils out with the help of God and good weapons. Mother if prayers are answered I’m sure mine were. Tell all my girls I’m ok, cause this is all I can write at present. I really look like hell, need a shave and bath pretty bad. Think I’ll keep my mustache until I get home.
Don’t worry and I’ll write again, ,soon.
Lots of love to All,
Joe
P.S. Bet Togo is unhappy.

Original Format

V-Mail Envelope and Letter

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Family" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11630.

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