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Title A name given to the resource Through the Lines: Letters from Home and the Front, 1917-1945 Description An account of the resource These letters, drawn from manuscripts collections held by the Special Collections Department of Mississippi State University Libraries, were written by men and women, including many graduates of the University, who served in World War I or World War II or who lived in hope that their loved ones would return to them after the war. The soldiers’ thoughts on getting accustomed to the pace and structure of military life and missing their homes, families, farms, and favorite foods, like Mama's chocolate cake, are recurrent themes in their letters; their voices, as well as the voices of their loved ones, are represented in the following objects. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mastley, Carrie P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Manuscripts Division; University Archives; and the Congressional and Political Research Center, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mississippi State University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Mississippi State Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG files Language A language of the resource en_US Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant England France Germany Mississippi Pennsylvania Philippines South Carolina 1917-1945 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2020-09-17 Subject The topic of the resource Military correspondence War and families World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Through the Lines: Letters from Home and the Front, 1917-1945, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. 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 Letter, William S. "Billy" Jackson to his parents, undated Subject The topic of the resource War and families World War, 1939-1945 Description An account of the resource Correspondence from Billy Jackson to his parents. Jackson was fatally wounded at Nettuno, Italy, on 29 May 1944. In the letter, Jackson relates his pleasure in hearing that his friend, "Goober," married. He also speaks of his plans to marry someday and raise 14 children. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jackson, William S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource en-US Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MFM_MSS_833_Billy_letter_001.jpg MFM_MSS_833_Billy_letter_002.jpg MFM_MSS_833_Billy_letter_003.jpg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nettuno (Italy) Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2020-09-18 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Mosley-Jackson Family Papers, Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. Through the Lines: Letters from Home and the Front, 1917-1945, Digital Exhibit, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Camp Croft Camp Croft, S.C. Monday Night Dear Folks, I can’t find a fountain pen long enough to write a letter so I’ll have to use this pencil. Most everybody around here has the blues so almost everything has gone wrong today. Thus Army life is beginning to tell on some of the boys. They don’t have that shine in their eyes like they used to. This same routine day in and day out and very little pleasure to go with it. I guess I need not go into detail about that because its got to be done. We went out on the range again today and fired some more. Made a score of 35 points out of a possible 40 points. I liked to have cut the bull’s eye out of the target. We have been working pretty hard the past week, running over and around these hills playing war games against each other. (These sentences don’t even make sense to me either. I’m gradually going nuts.) I’m glad to hear that “Goober” got married and am sure sorry I wasn’t there when it took place. Tell him to find me a prospect by the time I get out of this mess and he can be best man. I’m going to raise 14 children. Do you happen to know where James and Jack ended up in their flight to prepare to defend their country? Some of the boys from Shelby ended up here last week. Some came in yesterday from Alabama + Georgia, and then some from New York. I sure did feel sorry for those boys. Tell Lem he don’t get up a damn bit earlier than I do and not half the walking. Hope all the family is as well as I am. If they are not they are still in good health because mine is excellent. Another boy in my platoon broke his arm all to pieces this afternoon. He will be in the hospital about three months. We don’t have but a little over half of our platoon left now. I just wonder who will be next on the list. From the looks of those nurses I don’t think I would mind so bad. Looks as though the smallest man can take the knocks better than the larger ones. The most they have done to me so far is make me limp about a couple of days. I was falling down in prone position and a big rock happened to be in the place that my knee was supposed to be. It was pretty sore for about a week. If there is anything that you would like to know that I have failed to write you, let me know. Tomorrow comes another cool day, and from then on, what? I have exactly sixteen more months to go and I have plenty of time to find out. Love, Billy p.s. I could use a little cash if you have some to spare