Frances Elvira Owens to Samuel Robert Owens, December 26, 1941

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HL_MSS16-05_1_02_002_01

Frances Elvira Owens to Samuel Robert Owens, December 26, 1941

HL_MSS16-05_1_02_002_02_a

Frances Elvira Owens to Samuel Robert Owens, December 26, 1941

HL_MSS16-05_1_02_002_02_b

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Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Extent
  - Dimension: 10.75" x 8.5"
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_02_002_01
Transcript

Webster N.C Dec__26 My Dearest Son Sammie, It was so nice to get your telegram and I thank you so much for sending it to let me know you was all right, and I hope you are still well and safe. I got a letter from Frank, he said he had been with you and he sure was glad to see you, so Frank was ok when he wrote last. That was the 17th of Dec. I have not had a letter from you since Sept. 1. Please write more often if you possibly can. We are all well and we all hope you are and didn’t have to bad a Christmas, but we have been hearing on the radio there was plenty going on Christmas there where you are at, but we are hearing our Boys are cleaning up the Japs in a big way, and that victory will soon come our way. I hope you will all be home by next Christmas and that the war will be won, for our USA. I thank you for renewing the lattment it sure was good of you to do it for us. It will make life so much better for us—but I will feel bad to know what you have had to go through to earn it— hope to hear from you soon. And that you will not let nothing happen to you I am hoping that the war will soon be over and you will soon be coming back home. I am hoping and praying for you and all the Boys. Your same loving Mother, Dad, and Nell

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Description

A letter from Frances Elvira Owens to her son, Samuel Owens, about everyday life. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.
Details
- Creator
  - Owens, Frances Elvira, 1879-1965
- Contributor
  - Owens, Samuel Robert, 1918-1995
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1941-12-26
  - Date digitized: 2016-11-21
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.25" x 6.5" - 10.75" x 8.5"
  - Pages: 3 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Jackson County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Samuel Robert Owens Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-05_1_02_002
- Related material
  - This transcription has been provided by WCU student Melody Chandler, whose annotated version is available at Https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=22760
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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