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dc.creatorGreen, Smith Lowry
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T19:37:03Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T19:37:03Z
dc.date.issued1936-10-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/66427
dc.descriptionLetter from Smith Green to his grandparents, William and Mary Green (October 11, 1936).
dc.format.medium5.25x6.5 paper
dc.relationSmith Lowry Green Collection (MS 179)
dc.rightsPrior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph
dc.sourceBox 002, Correspondence-Letters to grandparents (1936-1937) folder, Item 003
dc.subjectGreen, Smith L.
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.subjectUnited States Army
dc.titleLetter from Smith Green to grandma and grandpa
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionCamp Bullis, Texas October 11, 1936 Hello Everybody, How is everybody getting along by now? I am all right and I hope all of you are better. Well, we had the elimination exams this last week. There was about twenty-five kept and I was lucky enough to be one of them. The ones who are staying have moved into some vacant mess halls which is some better than tents. However, they aren't near as good as barracks. There are nineteen in the building that I'm in. There is one stove in it and of course I'm about as far from it as I could be. Its not cold enough to use it yet but it won't be long. I'll tell you something about the exams. They were given Wed. and Thursday of last week and were the hardest of any exams I've ever seen yet. I made my highest grades in history, next highest in English and the lowest in math which is just opposite from the grades I made in high school. I made 95 in Ancient History, 90 in U.S. History, 90 in English Literature 83 in English Grammar, 57 in Algebra and 26 in Plane Geometry. You can see that the math exams were pretty tough because they were always my strongest subjects in school. There were some that didn't even hand in a paper and I a staying while a good many guys with a year or two of college were washed-out so I'm not too much down-hearted. I got a card from fellows in the company a day or two ago. They are in Dallas having a big time. The Tank Co. went up there on a trip for about a week or ten days. I certainly wish I could have gone with them but if I can finish this school and get an appointment to West Point it will be worth missing several trips. I'm glad Uncle Charlie had such a good corn crop. If Rudolph Wilson is going to Prep School he is going at fort Sill. There are three Prep schools in the 8th Corps area; one at Ft. Sill, one at Ft. Bliss and one here. In December there will be a Corps Area exam and the highest ones at all the schools will be sent to here. Then next April or May and Army exam will be given and the highest will go to West Point. Tell Uncle Cad to make a good squirrel dog out of Bruce. I bet he'll make a good one. Well, I can't think of anything else to write about. Take care of yourself everybody. Tell everybody hello for me, especially Uncle George. Love, Smith S.L. Green West Point Prep School Camp Bullis, Texas c/o Ft. Sam Houston, Texas Mr. W.M. Green Box #426 Broken Bow, Oklahoma. 2711 E. 6th Street Tulsa, Okla. S.L. Green West Point Prep School Camp Bullis, Pfc Ft. Sam Houston TExas.


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    Smith L. Green fought in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. He was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. He also fought in the Korean War. Green attended graduate school at Texas Christian University, graduating in 1961.

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