Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection
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V-mail letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; April 3, 1945
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy says the weather has improved, and that Americans have liberated French Prisoners of War. He says Germany, which is where he's writing from, could have been a great country under different circumstances.
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V-mail letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; March 1, 1945
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy writes his mother about letters he's received and that he's doing ok.
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Letter from Theodore Bilbo to Sam H. Smith; September 2, 1944
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
Senator Bilbo writes Sam to tell him thank you for him for his support and correspondence during an illness.
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Letter from Edgar Easley to Pauline Smith; April 11, 1944
Edgar Easley
Edgar writes Pauline from Columbus about his work and family. He mentions his farming, the flooding of the Tombigbee, his work on the Army base, and tending to his garden.
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Letter from Jesse Ellard to Leon and Mary Ellard; August 31, 1944
Jesse Ellard
Jesse mentions diseases affecting Japanese prisoners, hunting animals while overseas, and Robert Young's death. While he seems discouraged about the Pacific Campaign, Jesse is positive about the European Campaign from what he has heard.
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Letter from Jesse Ellard to Pauline and Sam Smith; June 5, 1944
Jesse Ellard
Jesse Ellard describes some of the horrors of the Pacific War and provides his conjectures about the war at large. He shows that he wants to write to more familly members during this intense time of the war.
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Letter from Jesse Ellard to Pauline Smith; December 21, 1944
Jesse Ellard
Jesse writes his aunt and uncle from the Philippines, describing the environment among the troops and indigenous Filipino people.
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Letter from Jesse Ellard to Sam H. Smith; July 16, 1944
Jesse Ellard
Jesse Ellard is experiencing change that makes him feel more hopeful that he will not be in the war forever. He is concerned about life after the war, specifically how he will support himself, and wonders if he should explore constructing houses as a career, and asks his uncle's advice.
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Letter from Victor Ellard to Pauline Smith; July 21, 1944
Victor Ellard
He discusses their livestock and crop and comments on the war, neighbors, and politics.
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Letter from Victor Ellard to Pauline Smith; March, 1944
Victor Ellard
Victor covers may different subjects, such as the war, his children, and his garden. He relfects on the war and lets Pauline know that his son has recently seen Sonny Boy.