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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. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California.

Creator

Joseph M. Hines

Source

Folder 1.8: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, January-March 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Postmarked April 9, 1945

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

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

Language

English

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Text

Envelope:

PFC. J.M. Hines
C-1-24-4 Mar. Div.
C/O Fleet Po. San Frisco
Calf.

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

Dear Mother & All,
Well it’s all over and I’m still kicking, I didn’t even get a scratch. God was surely with some of us this trip. It was the worse I have been through yet. I hope you all didn’t worry too much about me. I worried a lot about you. Things were plenty hot on Iwo but there are a lot of good Japs there now. You can tell the League Chimes I received two copies while there.
I have to hurry to get this in so it’s just a note to let you know I’m safe. Please write Dot for me. I’ll write you all later.
Love to all,
Joe

Original Format

Envelope and Letter (2 pages)

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Mother & All" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed October 8, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11652.

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