Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother - February 10, 1918
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Battery F. 128th F. A. Camp Doniphan Ft. Sill, [Oklahoma] [February 10, 1918] Dear Mother, I recieved your letter and stamps day before yesterday. I am really glad you invested in thrift stamps. If I am unable to get my money exactly when I want it I will probably be able to borrow enough to keep me going until I can earn a months wages. I was certainly awfully sorry to hear that Raymond had
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[page 2] had such a bad accident. Will it make a scar where it will show do you think? I hope not for one is enough. If miss Watling wants to knit me something she might knit a helmet. We have been told that many of the helmets which the boys here have will have to be discarded because they cannot be worn with gas masks. The trouble is that they cover too much of the face. So if Martha does knit the helmet
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[page 3] she should make it to fit high on the temple - just barely covering the ears & down to under the chin & back about two inches from the point of the chin. If she should make it a little too full - that is covering too much of the face I think I could sew it back. I am so glad that the allowance will enable you to save, beside having the necessities. I am going to save tooth and nail myself. No I do not see the "daily papers" but we see one
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[page 4] every now & then and have heard of the Tuscania disaster. It caused some excitement here, but things go on just the same as ever, of course. You know it has been strongly rumored that the detail was to have left with the 32nd division until the plans were changed. So I might have been on that ship. I wrote to Aunt Lilie & gave here some dope on a 3" Field Piece. Captain Gibson has
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[page 5] left us at last. He was a very good man & very popular among the men. We gave him a twenty-dollar medal of gold. I am keeping a photo album for him. The cry is so incessant for pictures here that I am almost tempted to send for my camera again, but I do not think it would be wise to do it. The hard part is to collect the money after you do the work. Almost all the boys have sent their camera's
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[page 6] home - which of course increases the demand. I am sure cameras will be tabooed on the other side, so it would be for only a few weeks anyhow. Our battery has had a shake up and 5 of the corporals were "busted." I am a corporal in the 6th section now. We are going to get a lot of motorcycles so you will hear about my spinning around soon I hope.
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[page 7] I took a walk over to signal mountain a few days ago & got a 3" to 4.7" shrapnel case & some smaller parts of shrapnel. I don't know how I am ever going to get them home, but I suppose I will somehow. Our radio detail has been practically forgotten about. But it may crop up again any day. I am writing in the Knights of Columbus building. It is a new building & very convienient. The YMCA building
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has been reopened also. It makes it so much better for the men. It is hard to write with no table. There are motion picture shows every night except Sunday at the Y, too. The epedemic of measels which caused all the trouble has passed away. We still have to put our tents way up on the rafters though & it is sometimes pretty chilly. Well, I will close for this time. Your loving son. Glen.
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| Title | Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother - February 10, 1918 |
| Creator | Tudor, Owen Glen |
| Source | Tudor, Owen Glen. Letter to his mother. 10 February 1918. Westover, John G., Collection, 1910-1946. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | This letter was sent by Owen "Glen" Tudor to his mother while Glen was training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on February 10, 1918. In this letter Tudor discussed photographing his fellow soldiers, the Tuscania disaster, photography, and the knit goods he received from family and friends. Tudor, a Maplewood, Missouri, native, served in the 128th Field Artillery in the 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Fort Sill (Okla.); World War, 1914-1918; Knitting; United States. Army. Division, 35th |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C3733 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | February 10, 1918 |
| Language | English |