George Rehn letter to Sister - December 21, 1918
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[American Y.M.C.A. letterhead] [December 21, 1918] [Chatellon-Sur-Cher] France Dear Sister! Heres hoping this your Birthday has been a joyous and giftful one. Though I may be many miles away, I can almost imagine myself right there with you, sharing the big cake Mother made you. So heres hoping you have many more birthdays and they all be the beginners of happy and healthful years to you. I am still plogging along at the same gait, and am beginning to tire of this place and dead anxious to go one way or another, that is home or towards the Rhine.
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[page 2] [American Y.M.C.A. letterhead] This is Saturday noon and we are at liberty untill Monday morning. We will have quite a few days of liberty the next two weeks, there being 3 [Saturday] P.Ms 3 Sundays, Christmas Day and New Years. (Im so sorry) This week has been a cold and dreary one with fires no where but in the wine rooms, and thats no place for one who is down to 2 francs - 50 centimes, or 50c in Gods money! I received your letter of [October] 18th last week and can not remember as to whether I answered it or not, but I do remember writing Marie
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[page 3] [American Y.M.C.A. letterhead] of receiving it. Have been reading of the reception the home coming troops are receiving up on their arrival in New York. Their have been quite a few Marines leaving here this past week. They are men who have been wounded and are unfit for further service also some who are sick. They were a happy bunch at that, and promised a lot of favors to those who happened to live in their towns. Had quite a show at the Y. here last week, consisting of vaudeville stunts by the All-American Tour. (2 men and 2 [ms illegible: 1 wd])
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[American Y.M.C.A. letterhead] Have nothing more to write about at present so will close Hoping you are as ever Happy and Healthy George. Love to Maw and Paw, also Kate and the Theurers Write me soon as Pvt. Geo. H. Rehn Co. B 1st Training Batl. 1st Training Regt U.S.M.C. A.P.O. 727 - A.E.F.
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| Title | George Rehn letter to Sister - December 21, 1918 |
| Creator | Rehn, George |
| Source | Rehn, George. Letter to Sister. 21 December 1918. George H. Rehn Collection. 1982.279. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | George Rehn sent this letter to his sister while in France on December 21, 1918. Rehn wished his sister a happy birthday and discussed some of his daily activities. George Rehn was part of the 63rd Guard Unit, 13th Marine Regiment. Rehn served in France from November 1918 to July 1919 as part of Company B, 9th SEP Battalion. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; United States. Marine Corps--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Y.M.C.A. |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 13th |
| Site Accession Number | 1982.279 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | December 21, 1918 |
| Language | English |