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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 sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent from Saipan Island in the Pacific.

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

Postmarked July 24, 1944

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

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

Language

English

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Text

Letter:

Saipan Island
Dear Family,
Well I’m safe and feeling pretty good. You probably got my letter saying I was going into combat. Well for the past 30 days I have been right in the middle of it. With the help of God I came through. Don’t expect many letters until I get to a camp somewhere and get settled because I’m pretty busy. It will probably be some time.
Tell Jenny Lind I received the [Lutheran] league Chimes and tell the folks at home I have learned the value of prayer. Tell all my girls hello. All my love, Joe

Original Format

V-Mail envelope and letter

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Family" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11638.

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