Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; October 30, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Letter from Sonny Boy to his mother. He has not heard from her recently and says he has it pretty easy.
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; September 10, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Sam describes writing the current letter on a tablet that was recovered from "Adolf's Boys". He also describes reading about the "point system" used for discharging soldiers, and that if the war ends soon he won't have enough points for an earlier discharge than a year. He suggests Pauline read about infantry pay raises and letters he's received and asks to be sent food if anything is sent before Christmas.
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; September 19, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy shares what it's like in where he is stationed in the French countryside. He mentions other letters from friends and family, and he says there's another Mississippian in his battalion. He reassures his mother not to worry.
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; September 29, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy admits that he has moved on from a location where his mother did not want him to be fighting. He wants to receive updates on some people's lives. He explains that he has encountered trenches of impressive depth that had been made in a previous war.
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to Pauline Smith; September 5, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy has received a couple of letters from his mother as well as the harp from Christine and his brother-in-law. Besides informing his mother about an article corresponding to his own division in Stars and Stripes, a newspaper, Sonny Boy also asks her if she has gleaned any information from home newspapers.
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Letter from Sonny Boy Smith to to Pauline Smith; November 4th, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Sonny Boy assures his mother that he hasn't been in trouble lately and the weather isn't too bad. He says he hasn't received any boxes yet and he has good clothes to make it through winter, and mentions plyaing in their company's "jug band."
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Letter from Sonny Boy to Bernice Smith; January 28, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
V-mail letter from Sonny Boy to his sister from a camp in England. He comments on the weather, local accents, and English vehicles.
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Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; January 12, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
V-mail letter from Sonny Boy to his mother from a camp in England. He discusses the other men in the camp with him and cultural differences he has noticed.
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Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; January 13, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
V-mail letter from Sonny Boy to his mother commenting on the mail at the Army base and a care package from a family member.
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Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; January 16, 1944
Sam Ellard Smith
Letter from Sonny Boy describing the landscape in England, where he is stationed with a group of men he is making friends with. He also talks about the farms he sees, the food he's eating, and the people who live there.