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dc.creatorGreen, Smith Lowry
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-22T19:40:56Z
dc.date.available2024-10-22T19:40:56Z
dc.date.issued1945-11-20
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/66478
dc.descriptionLetter from Smith Green to his grandparents, William and Mary Green, giving updates.
dc.format.medium5.5x9 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 030
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 Dibble General Hosp. Menlo Park, Cal. 20 Nov. 45 Dear Grandma & Grandpa, I was very glad to hear from you and to know that you both are O.K. If someone had told me that I would be here this long I wouldn't have believed them. I thought that when I arrived in the U.S. on the 15th of October, that I would be there by the 1st of Nov. or shortly afterwards. Later I found it would take a little more time so I figured I would be there before Thanksgiving. Now I'm beginning to think I'll be lucky to get there by my birthday. I never saw so much inefficiency in the Army. Nobody knows anything 2 or seems to care very much. I can't tell you how sorry I am not to be able to see you. However, the longer my furlough is delayed, the further into next year it will last. When I do get started, it will be a pretty fast trip. I'm not staying very long anywhere until I get there. Everyone here is fine. Doris may bring both children. I don't know yet. "Dodie" is going to school but it will soon be Christmas Holiday's and she wouldn't miss much. I only wish it was summer. I expect it will be pretty cold there. I will have to bring Doris back before 3 Christmas then I will come back. I got a letter from Aunt Lucia a few days ago. She told me about her kids. They've certainly grown up, haven't they?I am still in the best of health. I am heavier than I was before the war. Maybe that's why my picture didn't look natural. Well I must close for this time. Love to all, Smith S. L. Green 45 Jersey St. San Francisco, Cal. Mr. W.M. Green Box 426 Broken Bow, Okla.


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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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