Frank Fraas letter to Sister - March 10, 1918
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Camp Doniphan March 10. 1918 - Dear Sis: Receaved your letter yesterday sorry that you lost the letter after wrighting six pages. thats hard luck if you hate to wright a letter as bad as I do. Well the last time I wrote home I was on K.P. now am on stable police for a week. The drafted men got in today, they were marched streight to the isolation camp where they will have to stay for some time to see that they do not bring any disease.
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A part of the amunition train is said to have left on the same train the drafted men came on. Col Danford left us yesterday every body hated to see him go he has done more for this regement in the short time he was with us than Klein could do in a year Klein hasent come back yet dont know who will act in his place You sure are have a time with your job but any thing that is worth any thing you have to fight to hold it these days. Has Al found any thing to do yet if he
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[page 3] dosent find any thing tell him he can get a job here unloading wood and coal they get 3.85 a day for ten hours. Was on detail yesterday for supply Co went over to the isolation camp to get some tents for the drafted men when we get them you would have been suprised to see what a big place it is there were as many tents as there is in a compleat regement even more than that there must have been a lot more sickness
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here than we thought there was. Guess I wont know the house when I get back the way you all are fixeing it up, but Ill bet if they would turn me loose any place on this earth Ill bet I could find it. The grass is beginning to come out in places the weather is beginning to warm up a little, had another dust shower yesterday. Yes I receaved your picture just forgot to tell you about it. Will close thanking you for the candy. Your Bro Frank.
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Title | Frank Fraas letter to Sister - March 10, 1918 |
Creator | Fraas, Frank |
Source | Fraas, Frank. Letter to Sister. 10 March 1918. Frank X. Fraas Collection. 2002.50. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
Description | Frank Fraas sent this letter to his sister on March 10, 1918. Frank discussed his life at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. Frank served in the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division and died on October 7, 1918 from wounds received in action. |
Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.) |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I; 129th Field Artillery, Battery C. |
Site Accession Number | 2002.50 |
Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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Date Original | March 10, 1918 |
Language | English |