Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection

Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; October 25, 1943

Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; October 25, 1943

Sam Ellard Smith

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From the Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection. Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; October 25, 1943. Sonny Boy is nearing the end of basic training and tells his mother about battle training. He shares that he has finally recieved the watch Christine and Bernice got for him from Brazil and complains about Yankee soldiers, especially one from Brooklyn.