Hays letter to familyShow simple item record
| dc.creator | Hays, Joseph Warren | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T18:20:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T18:20:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1943-04-03 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/40433 | |
| dc.description | Hays has the measles. Talks about his classes. | |
| dc.format.medium | paper | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.relation | Joseph Warren Hays Papers (MS 159) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any file. | |
| dc.source | Series I, Box 1, Folder 1 | |
| dc.subject | World War II | |
| dc.subject | United States Army | |
| dc.subject | United States Army Air Corps | |
| dc.title | Hays letter to family | |
| dc.type | Document | |
| dc.description.transcription | 4-3-43Dear Folks,Get set for a shortie. I’ve got the measles. The Dr. told me not to write much because of my eyes. They tell me that the measles weakenthem. School doesn’t start until Monday, so they tell me I’ll probably not miss but a day or maybe two. I got my schedule right before I came to the hospital. I am going to take math for one hour a day and physics three. I don’t know what the math is, butI can guess, can’t you? The physics class is to last one hour, and then a lab for two hours. I haven’t had my schedule explained to me but that is the way that I understand it from just glancing at it for about a minute. The schedule is made out in code that just college officials are supposed to understand, but I think I figured it out correctly. I feel fine and am really enjoying the rest. Sleep as late as I want to, breakfast, and all meals for that matter, in bed, and plenty of good food. One boy got well but asked to stay another day, they let him. Mama, last night I dreamed I had pigeons in the back bed room and you were helping me take care of them. How about that?I’ll write some more tomorrow.Love,Joe |
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Joseph Warren Hays Papers [162]
The collection includes a complete set of letters written by Joseph Warren Hays to his family while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II. The letters detail his aviation training across the United States and his service in Europe toward the end of the war. In his later years, Mr. Hays wrote recollections of his missions over Europe. The collection also includes printed publications, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, a photograph of Hays, and ephemera.