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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, October-December 1943

1943-12-13 Page 1

Dec, 13, 1943
Monday afternoon
Dear Mother,
Things are really happening around here.  Mary Bess reported at 8:30 this morning, expecting to clear tomorrow & maybe leave Wed. or Thursday. Instead she left at 3:30 for a port! I just finished helping her off & she was very much excited.
Restricted information: She got tropic weight uniforms & is going with the first group of nurses & Red Cross to go to a certain spot. There is a group of them who will disperse as they go along & reach their spots.
I really envy her in a way;  it would be very exciting & fun to be on the way where you were needed so. On the other hand, the other way interests me even more. In a way I feel a little as I used to when I guessed what I was going to get for Christmas -- glad to know & yet some of the excitement was gone.
I got a little package from Harriet today &  will send her something from here. I hope that is
[Note along the edge:] Mary Bess went to the Pacific Theater, married an Australian. Died of breast cancer after war.

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Dec, 13, 1943 Monday afternoon Dear Mother, Things are really happening around here. Mary Bess reported at 8:30 this morning, expecting to clear tomorrow & maybe leave Wed. or Thursday. Instead she left at 3:30 for a port! I just finished helping her off & she was very much excited. Restricted information: She got tropic weight uniforms & is going with the first group of nurses & Red Cross to go to a certain spot. There is a group of them who will disperse as they go along & reach their spots. I really envy her in a way; it would be very exciting & fun to be on the way where you were needed so. On the other hand, the other way interests me even more. In a way I feel a little as I used to when I guessed what I was going to get for Christmas -- glad to know & yet some of the excitement was gone. I got a little package from Harriet today & will send her something from here. I hope that is [Note along the edge:] Mary Bess went to the Pacific Theater, married an Australian. Died of breast cancer after war.