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French telegraph form [circa 1945]

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              "  N°698 0. S. A.
R__PUEL1Q1JE " FRANCAISE
FOSTES," TfiLEGRAPHES,"  TELEPHONES
| "  / """""""""  \
EXPEDITIONARY   FORCE   MESSAGE "(E F M)
1 """"""""" Jir
SENT
CHARGE: 25 Fr.
Affix  here
£ j "" N."""""""""  y " MoVs "
_i 1
Heure:
for a complete
message to
any address  in
U. S. A.
25 franca
French postage
stamp
At:
To:
By:
SENDEE'S   CODE   CABLE  ADDRESS "
ADDRESS : E. F. M.
AM _."(not to be telegraphed)
STAMP
of
CENSOR
TEXT:"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""  _"
Indicate here the numbers of auy three (or less) of the phrases shown below and overleaf)
SIGNATURE : _„_ " 	
(not to esceed three words "(i) and (_) first name or initials, (3) surname)
SENDER'S PARTICULARS : RANK"" JNAME """"""""""""""""" ._..„ " (ASN)	"(APO.	
(itol to be tele^ritpheii)
EFM " STANDARD   TEXT   TELEGRAMS
LIST   OF   AVAILABLE " PHRASES
Hra»e$ marled t may not be used
in telegrams to the V. S. A. Phrases marked t may not be used in leleorams lo C
anada or by members oj the Canadian
Armed  Forces." 1 Sendei-s may use anv
of the phrases in tins list up to a maximum of three phrases per telegram." The c
harge for each telearam is 25 francs.
whether one, two or three phrases are _
sed. This charge includes the address and the name of the sender."
CORRESPONDENCE.
24 Have you   received  letters
30 Darling
55 Keep smiling
1 Letter received many thanks
2 Letters   received   many   thanks
3 Telegram   receive," many  thanks
4 Parcel   received   many  thanks
5 Parcels  received many thanks
6 Letters   and   parcels  received   many
thanks
7 Letter ami te.eijram received  many
thanks
8 Telegram   and   parcels   received   many
thanks
9 Letters  sent
10  Parcels  sent
25 Your letters   not  received
31 All  my love
56 My thoughts are with you
32 Alt my love dearest
57 Many   happy  returns
144 Please  address  litters  home
145 Have   you  received  telegram
33 All   our   love
34 Fondest love
58 Birthday   greetings
59 Loving " birthday   greetings
146 No ' parcel   for   some  time
35 Fondest love darling
60  Happy  anniversary
147 Write sani
148 Parcel  sen
149 Writing   re
150 Your   pare
address
ularly
Is   not   received
received   parcel
detail
mentioned   not  received
just what   1  wanted   many
36 Best wishes
37 Greetings fr'cm   us   all
38 Loving   petting," from  all   of  us
39 Best  wishes  from  all  of us
40 Fondest  wishes  from  all  of  us
41 Best wishes and good health
42 Kisses
43 Love and kisses
61 You " are " more " tham " ever in " my
thoughts   at   this  time
62 Best wishes for a speedy return
63 Good show keep it up
64 Best   wishes  for   New  Year
65 May God grant you a year of happiness
66 God   bless you and  Keep  you  safe
67 My   thoughts   and " prayers   are " ever
151 Haw  you
301 Writing in
502 Letter  you
303 Parcel  was
12 Many thanks  for  letter
13 Many than..s for parcel
14 Many'thanks  for telegram
thanks
304 Letters   coming  in   fine
305 Send me love  by V-mail
506 Received   your   nice   fetter
44 Fondest  love  and  kisses
45 Welt
46 All  well   at   home
47 Best wishes  for  Christmas
122 Best  wishes  to  al!" at  home
123 Our  thoughts  are  with  you
124 Love  to  all  the family
152  Love and  best wishes for New Year to
16 Writing
17 Urgent
18 Please  write   or telegraph
19 Please   wVite
Note.—Name  to   be  inserted   immediately   after   the   text   Dumber.
308 V-mail   letter   received   many   thanks
GREETINGS.
48 Best wishes " for   Christinas " and " New
Year
49 Loving wishes  for   Christmas
50 Loving wishes   for   Christmas   and   New
Year
all   at  heme
153 Best love from  Daddy
154 God   be   with   you  till  we  meet   again
155 God  bless you
156 Love   to   Daddy
20 Please  telegraph
26  Greetings
51 Loving  Christmas  thoughts
157 My love and greetings on Mother's Day
21 Please   reply   worried
27 Loving   treating)
52  Happy Christmas
158  My love and greetings on Father's  Day
22 Airgraph   letter   received   ma;iy   iham.s
28 Fondest "(reelings
53 Happy   Christmas   and   New   Year
309 Regards  to   the   gang
23 Letters  arriving   regularly
29 Love
54 Good luck
310 Greetings from   the gang
J. 20501-44.

Object Description

Title	French telegraph form [circa 1945]
Date	1945
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--Army Nurse Corps
Item description	An Expeditionary Force Message [EFM] blank telegraph form for Allied troops serving in France, circa 1945. Armed Forces members could choose up to three of 356 phrases in 10 categories such as "healthmoney" and "war damage." Use instructions appear on the reverse of the telegraph form.
Veteran's name	Ryan, Lola H.
Veteran's biography	Lola H. Ryan of McGraw, New York, worked as an operating room nurse in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II . Lola H. Ryan of McGraw, New York, graduated from the Charles S. Wilson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Johnson City, New York, in June 1943. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in July 1944 and was sent to Thomas M. England General Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for basic training. In August 1944, Ryan was stationed at Tilton General Hospital at Fort Dix, New Jersey. She was assigned to the 235th General Hospital in Marseilles, France, in December 1944, where she worked as an operating room nurse. In August 1945, Ryan was reassigned to a hospital in Aix, France, and became the operating room supervisor. She was discharged in 1945 with the rank of first lieutenant.
Type	text
Original format	forms (documents)
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0362 Lola H. Ryan Letters, 1943 - 1945
Collection summary	The collection contains approximately 120 letters and v-mail written by Lola Ryan to her parents and brother. Ryan discusses her experiences of being a nurse in basic training, the conditions in wartime France, German prisoners of war, her experiences as a wartime nurse, and her longing to return home and be discharged from the army.
Box	1
Folder	5: Miscellaneous Material, 1943-1945
Finding aid link	https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=474
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT. This item is believed to be in the public domain but its copyright status has not been determined conclusively.
Object ID	WV0362.2.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900817690

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" N°698 0. S. A. R__PUEL1Q1JE " FRANCAISE FOSTES," TfiLEGRAPHES," TELEPHONES | " / """"""""" \ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE MESSAGE "(E F M) 1 """"""""" Jir SENT CHARGE: 25 Fr. Affix here £ j "" N.""""""""" y " MoVs " _i 1 Heure: for a complete message to any address in U. S. A. 25 franca French postage stamp At: To: By: SENDEE'S CODE CABLE ADDRESS " ADDRESS : E. F. M. AM _."(not to be telegraphed) STAMP of CENSOR TEXT:""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" _" Indicate here the numbers of auy three (or less) of the phrases shown below and overleaf) SIGNATURE : _„_ " (not to esceed three words "(i) and (_) first name or initials, (3) surname) SENDER'S PARTICULARS : RANK"" JNAME """"""""""""""""" ._..„ " (ASN) "(APO. (itol to be tele^ritpheii) EFM " STANDARD TEXT TELEGRAMS LIST OF AVAILABLE " PHRASES Hra»e$ marled t may not be used in telegrams to the V. S. A. Phrases marked t may not be used in leleorams lo C anada or by members oj the Canadian Armed Forces." 1 Sendei-s may use anv of the phrases in tins list up to a maximum of three phrases per telegram." The c harge for each telearam is 25 francs. whether one, two or three phrases are _ sed. This charge includes the address and the name of the sender." CORRESPONDENCE. 24 Have you received letters 30 Darling 55 Keep smiling 1 Letter received many thanks 2 Letters received many thanks 3 Telegram receive," many thanks 4 Parcel received many thanks 5 Parcels received many thanks 6 Letters and parcels received many thanks 7 Letter ami te.eijram received many thanks 8 Telegram and parcels received many thanks 9 Letters sent 10 Parcels sent 25 Your letters not received 31 All my love 56 My thoughts are with you 32 Alt my love dearest 57 Many happy returns 144 Please address litters home 145 Have you received telegram 33 All our love 34 Fondest love 58 Birthday greetings 59 Loving " birthday greetings 146 No ' parcel for some time 35 Fondest love darling 60 Happy anniversary 147 Write sani 148 Parcel sen 149 Writing re 150 Your pare address ularly Is not received received parcel detail mentioned not received just what 1 wanted many 36 Best wishes 37 Greetings fr'cm us all 38 Loving petting," from all of us 39 Best wishes from all of us 40 Fondest wishes from all of us 41 Best wishes and good health 42 Kisses 43 Love and kisses 61 You " are " more " tham " ever in " my thoughts at this time 62 Best wishes for a speedy return 63 Good show keep it up 64 Best wishes for New Year 65 May God grant you a year of happiness 66 God bless you and Keep you safe 67 My thoughts and " prayers are " ever 151 Haw you 301 Writing in 502 Letter you 303 Parcel was 12 Many thanks for letter 13 Many than..s for parcel 14 Many'thanks for telegram thanks 304 Letters coming in fine 305 Send me love by V-mail 506 Received your nice fetter 44 Fondest love and kisses 45 Welt 46 All well at home 47 Best wishes for Christmas 122 Best wishes to al!" at home 123 Our thoughts are with you 124 Love to all the family 152 Love and best wishes for New Year to 16 Writing 17 Urgent 18 Please write or telegraph 19 Please wVite Note.—Name to be inserted immediately after the text Dumber. 308 V-mail letter received many thanks GREETINGS. 48 Best wishes " for Christinas " and " New Year 49 Loving wishes for Christmas 50 Loving wishes for Christmas and New Year all at heme 153 Best love from Daddy 154 God be with you till we meet again 155 God bless you 156 Love to Daddy 20 Please telegraph 26 Greetings 51 Loving Christmas thoughts 157 My love and greetings on Mother's Day 21 Please reply worried 27 Loving treating) 52 Happy Christmas 158 My love and greetings on Father's Day 22 Airgraph letter received ma;iy iham.s 28 Fondest "(reelings 53 Happy Christmas and New Year 309 Regards to the gang 23 Letters arriving regularly 29 Love 54 Good luck 310 Greetings from the gang J. 20501-44.

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