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Preferred Citation:

Hoyt Sparrow Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2014.253 was received by Special Collections in December 2015.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Tim Eklund, Special Collections staff, in January 2015.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a single letter written by Sergeant Hoyt Sparrow of the 1st Battalion of the 61st Infantry Regiment to his wife in Columbia, South Carolina while serving in the Vietnam War. The letter is dated August 6, 1969, and concerns Sparrow's continuing attempts to return to America and his ailing wife, as well as discussion of their children.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Letters (correspondence)
• Soldiers--United States--Correspondence
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975