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"Dear Sis" Letter

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Title

"Dear Sis" Letter

Subject

Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969)
Toms Brook (Va)
World War (1939-1945)

Description

Letter sent by Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his sister Erma 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 1.7: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, 1944, Joseph Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Date

Shenandoah County Library

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

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

Language

English

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Text

Envelope:

P.F.C. J.M. Hines
C-1-24th-4th Marine Div.
C/O FLEET Po.
SANFRANCISCO
CALF.

Miss Erma Hines
Toms Brook
Va.
Letter:

Dear Sis,
I know you will be surprised when you get this because that ugly brother doesn’t write you often does he?
You know when I write home it’s to all of you, but I thought you would like to hear from me “direct.”
How are you and the girls getting along? And who is the latest heart throb? – Cat’s tail? !!! The guys and [I] enjoy your drawings, they say you are getting the right idea now.
Tell Jayne that I really enjoyed what she said on that letter from the league [Lutheran League], and she had better write me a full letter to make up for that Hi, or I’ll come directly home and give her a big kiss. Tell all the gang thanks for the letter. Well, that’s all for now.
Love,
Joe

Original Format

Envelope and Letter (2 pages)

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Sis" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11634.

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