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Smith letter from James Jimmy Cain, 9 Jun 1945

Description: Jimmy really wants to go home. He says he should be allowed to go home because of all he has gone through. His living conditions are better and he gets ice cream three times a week. He talks about planting tobacco and it makes him homesick. His wife has a garden. This letter is part of a 37 letter collection written to Frank A. and Dorothy Smith between March and October 1945 during World War II. The letters are from 8 different family and friends serving overseas.
Origin: 1945-06-09
Created By: Cain, James Oliver "Jimmy", 1917-1988
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/1027
Collection: Clark County Collections
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Subjects: Soldiers--Correspondence
World War II--United States
United States. Army--Military life
Homesickness

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