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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945

1944-09-10 Mary Bess Doty to Helen Fox Page 1

Sept 10, 1944
109th Sta. Hosp.
APO 502 c/o PM
San Francisco, Calif
Dear Helen - It's been a long, long time since your New Years note which you wrote on Dec 31 and since our tin tub, set sail on the same day.  And I'm in my 3rd hospital - all on the same island.  We spent one week on a tropical island of the New Hebrides before come to this sub-tropical island.  The weather was perfect all the way over and what made it especially pleasant was that about the first week out I met my hearts desire on the sun deck and plan to marry him when we get back to the States.  He's a major and his name appears every week in "Yank" as officer in charge of "Yank Down Under" - Australia.  He was en route to the job, having been business manager of Yank in N.Y. for the past year.
I've been in charge of the craft shop in all 3 hospitals where I've worked, &

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Sept 10, 1944 109th Sta. Hosp. APO 502 c/o PM San Francisco, Calif Dear Helen - It's been a long, long time since your New Years note which you wrote on Dec 31 and since our tin tub, set sail on the same day. And I'm in my 3rd hospital - all on the same island. We spent one week on a tropical island of the New Hebrides before come to this sub-tropical island. The weather was perfect all the way over and what made it especially pleasant was that about the first week out I met my hearts desire on the sun deck and plan to marry him when we get back to the States. He's a major and his name appears every week in "Yank" as officer in charge of "Yank Down Under" - Australia. He was en route to the job, having been business manager of Yank in N.Y. for the past year. I've been in charge of the craft shop in all 3 hospitals where I've worked, &