1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/e8d30afec5940fdd70d6ffd88a81e059.jpg 1e71691585c685646fa84b6f269c3187 PDF Text Text [Jan. 16, 1944] Sunday 1045 Dear Mother: As usual, it seems, I’m a little late in answering your last letter - we always seem to have more work cut out for us each day than we can possibly do, concequently my correspondence is always behind. Frances has probably already told you that we’re now at Holtville Cal. Its really in the middle of nowhere - about 150 miles due east of San Diago in the desert and a very nice place - however I imagine it will get lonesome with time for there’s no place to go and nothing of interest to see anywhere near - our quarters are very nice tho and the food is far above Hueneme’s baked beans for breakfast (the only I don’t like them). The unit left Hueneme last Tuesday morning by train (2 coaches, 1 baggage car, 4 Boxcars, and 20 flat cars). I didn’t come down with them as there were some conferences going on at Hueneme on calibrating one of our sets for height finding and thought I should stay https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/835a3b6c2a7f1d83c446179b38b4cac4.jpg f7fc0f8c5088118139aba3339215cc51 PDF Text Text behind to learn as much as possible about it. I left there Wednesday night and spent the night in L.A. so I could catch the early morning train - arrived in El Centro about 6PM Thursday which was as far as I could go by either train on bus - took a taxi to Haltville thinking the driver would bring me on out of the Air station. however he said it was a mile further than he was allowed to go by O.P.A. so he wouldn’t go any further than Holtville - the Air Station in Another 10 miles from town and as Holtville is too small a town to have any taxi’s I had to use the old thumb and last lap. The weather here is a welcome change also - during the night and up till about 10AM all the clothes you can pull on are not enough but by noon its really hot and feels wonderful - the days and nights are perfectly clear, I havn’t seen a cloud in the sky yet - at night there are almost as many stars as you can see at the farm. I finally got my other half stripe and with it a lot more responsibility for Chismark is taking over communications and now I have full responsibility of all our radar gear - there was more than enough work for the three technical officers before so I don’t know how this will work out just hope I can do as good a job as Chismark did Lt. (j.g.) R.P. Monteith Love to all NAAS Arqus #24 Bob. Holtville, Cal. https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/cebec486797a9562be14ee45ad6c8911.jpg 60762c7b67ebad8a6c3f1eed51a96371 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. Collection, 1933-1997 (Ms1990-062) Subject The topic of the resource University History Blacksburg (Va.) Montgomery County (Va.) Local/Regional History and Appalachian South World War II Description An account of the resource Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. (1919-1944) was a Lieutenant in the army during World War II. He served his country bravely and was killed on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion of 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Collection consists primarily of his letters home during World War II. Also includes letters of condolence sent to the family following his death, congratulatory letters for being awarded the Medal of Honor, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Collection also contains the correspondence of his brother, Robert P. Monteith, letters of sympathy following the death of his brother and his father, Jimmie Sr., as well as other letters to and from some of his family members. In addition, there are the letters and notes of John Coulter, who wrote a biography about Monteith. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00210.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the finding aid for the Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr., Collection</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1933/1997 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. Collection, Ms1990-062, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms1990_062_ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms1990_062_F21_1944_0116 Title A name given to the resource Letter, Robert P. Monteith to Mrs. J. W. Monteith, Holtville, CA, January 16, 1944 (Ms1990_062) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/16/1944 Description An account of the resource Bob talks about getting to Holtville, CA. He talks about getting his other half stripe and getting more responsibility for the radar equipment. Type The nature or genre of the resource Letters Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ms1990-062, Box 1, Folder 21 archived