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dc.creatorGreen, Smith Lowry
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T19:37:51Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T19:37:51Z
dc.date.issued1937-06-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/66439
dc.descriptionLetter from Smith Green to his grandparents, William and Mary Green (June 6, 1937).
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 007
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.transcriptionFort Sam Houston, Texas June 6, 1937 Dear Grandma and Grandpa I received your letter yesterday and was certainly glad to hear from you. I am getting along fine and hope you all are the same. It certainly has been raining plenty here the last week or two. We had a five inch rain about a week ago and another one of about two inches a few days later. Our Barracks is in a slightly low place so we got lots of water. It was two feet deep on the front lawn and we had to use sandbags to keep the basement from being flooded. I'm sorry I didn't get to come home. The Tank Co. is granting no more furloughs except in case of emergency until this fall. We must have enough men trained for two combat platoons by time for the big maneuvers this late summer. The 15th of this month about 130 men and 7 officers are going to make a good will tour of north east Texas. Every organization in the post will be represented; Infantry, Field Artillery, Tanks ordnance, Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare service etc. The 9th Infantry is going also. I am going as part of the TAnk Crew. We make eleven towns in 15 days. The Chamber of Commerce of each town will eat a meal with us and we will put on a demonstration for the citizens. Some of the towns are Palestine, Corsicana, Lufkin and Taylor. I hope we have a good time. You never did say whether you needed the money or not. Tell every one hello for me. I must close now. Lots of Love Smith S. Green 2nd Tank Co. Ft. Sam Houston Texas Mr. W.M. Green Box #426 Broken Bow, Oklahoma have you any aspirin or ?.


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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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