Hays Ray Webb Collection
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Description
In this handwritten V-Mail letter, Robert B. Ray writes from the army hospital where he is being evaluated, to his wife, Denise Beyt Ray in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Ray tells her they haven't gotten his labs back so they still don't have anything to tell him. He goes on to talk about the doctors and nurses, the letters he's finally received, and how Col. Patterson and Col. Elmore reacted to his having to be evacuated. He also talks about the friends he's made in his ward and how friendly the chief of surgery is. He concludes by telling her that he's been censoring some of the enlisted men's mail while in the hospital and tells her how much they've all enjoyed the cribbage set she had sent him. A War and Navy Departments V-mail Service envelope postmarked November 8, 1944 with orange stripes and an image of wings surrounded by the words "via US Air Mail" on the right side is included.
Publication Date
11-3-1944
Time Period
1940-1949
Subjects
Correspondence; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)
Keywords
love letters; World War II
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS_004_1944-11-03-Letters-Robert-to-Denise
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 2, Folder 17
Repository
Manuscripts Unit
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University