1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/5e9a686ef45d26fe59cb926426129978.jpg e78795ca4a99864dff22249b3c2f3998 PDF Text Text Wensday Night [Oct. 20, 1941] Dear Mother, I am afraid my mail is getting a little ahead of me. Naturally I was very glad to hear from you and Nancy. I am going to try and answer Nancy's letter sometime latter this week. Everyone certainly has been nice to me since I was drafted. Evan Trice wrote me a very nice letter and I got it yesterday. Sunday Otie and I went to Greenville (about forty miles from camp) and had dinner with his aunt Mrs. Balanager. Of course both of us enjoyed the change in food and surroundings. https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4d472d78f918d3e753b729fa60f452b6.jpg 800f92e6fbb9946a84e9543e598245a4 PDF Text Text Mrs. B's married son who is about our age showed us the town and insisted that we came back this weekend. There are several girl's schools and coed coledges near the camp who have Richmond girls enrolled in them. I have not visited any of the schools yet however the boy who sleeps between Otie and myself, John Portter who lives in Portsmouth went to the U. Va. and knows <s>Mr</s> Mr. Wilkins, goes to Converse Colledge in Spartanburg regularly and has asked Otie and I to go with him several times. Last week I got a letter from Lilly Albert telling me of her friends, a Dr. and Mrs. Hill who she said would probably https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/30022fc2acf4a468c057d972b152932d.jpg c2be082f7457bc8ff414f287ea7441c7 PDF Text Text call. As yet they have not called but I suspose that they will call within the next week or so. Our actual training to be soilders started Monday and we are waisting no time. This is the first day since I have been here that hasn’t been hot, in fact it has been rather chilly today. Before I got into the army, I was under the impression that a selecter sat around most of the time with nothing to do. That certainly is not true in our case. We get up a little before 5:30 and are usally bussy untill 4 or 4:30 that afternoon. Retreat is at 5:00 with supper imediately afterwards. https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/688840a05fd718b039b5d0e8ea5c8e4f.jpg a769aba50e0c2b6ccf7149c9898d1622 PDF Text Text Every mail call I expect to get my radio but as yet it hasn’t arrived. We are allowed to have radios here and I have a light socket over my bed so I am looking forward to the day that mine arrives. In case you do not know which radio I want; it is the brown Emerson radio in my room that you gave me for Xmas. I am going to write Mrs. Balanger a thank you note so I suppose I have better stop and start <s>st</s> struggling on it. Love, Jimmie https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/96ef11f2c7365b74162975663bb8659d.jpg 0da42d5fadff760885dc486ec4562d96 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_F01_1941_1020 Title A name given to the resource Letter, Jimmie W. Monteith to Mrs. J. W. Monteith [Mother], Camp Croft, SC, October 20, 1941 (Ms1990_062) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/20/1941 Description An account of the resource Jimmie tells his mother about a trip to Greenville with a friend and he finds out there are a few girls colleges that he wanted to visit a friend at one of the nearby schools. He tells her about all the people writing to him since he joined the army. 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 1 archived