A Message from Linda Bine…

On April 11, 1942, René Bine Jr., MD — a 26-year-old resident physician and newly minted Army lieutenant — wrote the first of what would become more than 230 letters to his parents back in San Francisco. Typed on his portable Remington or whatever typewriter was available to him, the early letters were mailed from various military bases in the US — where he and his fellow physicians from Stanford Hospital and Medical School, as well as a cadre of nurses and other staff, received their requisite military training.