Hays letter to family

dc.creator	Hays, Joseph Warren
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-02T18:24:28Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-02T18:24:28Z
dc.date.issued	1944-09-02
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/40514
dc.description	Hays sends money home for war bond. Met his first pilot.
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 3
dc.subject	World War II
dc.subject	United States Army
dc.subject	United States Army Air Corps
dc.subject	Sheppard Field
dc.title	Hays letter to family
dc.type	Document
dc.description.transcription	9-2-44Dear Folks,Well I am still here and will be for a more or less indefinite period. This period will last somewhere between 30 and 45 minutesAfter I paid everythingI owed I still had too much money so enclosed find 1, $100.00 war bond and 1, $20.00 donation for the church. Mama, you or Papa one buy a new hat with the other $5.00I have met my first pilot and he seems to be a good Joe. I’ll tell you more about it when I call you after reaching my destination.Gotta’ go, love JoeP.S. –I still didn’t get any mail while I was here, -hope the house didn’t burn up.

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.

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