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dc.creatorGreen, Smith Lowry
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T19:39:54Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T19:39:54Z
dc.date.issued1940-03-05
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/66464
dc.descriptionLetter from Smith Green to his grandparents, William and Mary Green, giving updates.
dc.format.medium5x8 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 to Grandma & Grandpa 1939-41, 1945-46 (not POW) folder, Item 024
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.transcription1 Camp O'donnell Zambales, P.I. March 5, 1940 Dear Grandpa and Grandma, I got your letter a week or so ago but haven't had time to answer until now. I have been out here for over a week now and may stay until May. Camp O'donnel is about 150 kilmoeters North and east of Manila in the foot hills of the Zambale Mountains, in the province of the same name. We are all living in tents on the bank of a river, in a kind of a valley. And boy! is it hot! It was a wilderness until we cleared the space for the camp. We 2 will do our annual firing and some maneuvering while we are here. I am operating a radio with Ft. Stotsenburg ,in Pampampas, and with Manila. That is our only means of communication at present. I certainly am getting a lot of field experience while over here. All the newspaper clippings certainly did look out of season. Our hot season is started about now. The cool season is about like summer where you are. WE get all the war news and international events as soon as you do because there are several daily papers 3 in Manila. however I haven't seen a paper for over a week and probably won't for several more. I got a letter from Aunt Lois and Beatrice a few days ago and will answer as soon as I have a chance. I have a heck of a time keeping up with my correspondence. I write to you, Virginia, Doris, DAvid, Bette (a girl in Frisco), a friend in the Navy, two friends in Hawaii and a few others. So you can see that I have to do a lot of writing. I am stillin good health as usual. I guess I'm 4 not the type to get sick. Don't worry about me getting stuck on the girls. They are all brown and usually slant-eyed. Tell Aunt Lucia, Jewel Dean and others hello for me. I would write more but am pushed for time. Also tell Olen Bates Hello. Whew! You should feel the heat through the tent. Just like an oven. Address letters to same place. They will be delivered to me wherever I am. Write soon with all the news. I like to hear about everybody. Take care of yourself! Lots of love, Smith S. Green Hq. Co. 31st Inf Manila, P.I. 3/5/40 Mr. W.M. Green Broken Bow, Oklahoma Box 426 U.S.A. Ans. April 22


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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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