1 50 1 https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/d8e0fad1ecc11d26d3be966ddc9a2be9.jpg f78b85bd1c881fdaf39db56505e9250d PDF Text Text 22 October 1944 2000 Sunday Dear Mother: Yesterday I received such a nice letter from you - I always enjoyed them so much and am always so anxious to hear from you and Nancy. In my last letter to you I forgot to ask about James Martin - the only Martins I can remember are the Martins that lived next door to the Batemans in Low Moor - surely you don’t mean them - Today has been a very nice day for I havn’t done one lick of work - have just been lazy the entire day - slept till nearly 8 oclock and at a huge breakfast- about 9:30 Bob Mills, one of his friends and I took a long ride up this side of the island, its a beautiful drive along the ocean - we were looking for “The Sacred Foust and the Sacrid Falls” We finally found the place we were looking for https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b0db7500226069da89da44a48d3c6ee7.jpg a04c956189397811b1b7e4190ce23c15 PDF Text Text far back in a beautiful valley formed by very rugged mountains - we did see some of the Sacred Foust, and the Sacred Falls <s>from</s> in the distance - The falls is half way up one of the mountains and looks to be thousands of feet - the only way to get to it is to climb using your own feet - it looked a little too much for us so we just sat and looked and decided to climb up to it some other time - old mother nature sure makes you feel your insignificance doesn’t she? This next week will be a very hard one for me as we will be working with 5 seperate air groupes - problems all day and most of the night - will be glad when its over - Frances Says they think Paul has left San Francisco - if that is so then he should be here by now - surely hope I can get in touch with him. Love Bob https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/360641a008f6bfd0bc8faaefeed9b948.jpg f5b0858df37960d8f67ee774041f250e 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>. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms1990_062_F22_1944_1022 Title A name given to the resource Letter, Robert P. Monteith to Mrs. J. W. Monteith, October 22, 1944 (Ms1990_062) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/22/1944 Description An account of the resource Bob talks about enjoying his day off taking a drive along the ocean and visiting Sacred Falls. 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 22 archived