Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother- May 23, 1918
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[censor signature] May 23, 1918. My dear Mother, I received your letter & answered it I believe, but rather briefly. There are a few things of importance that I didn't say anything about so will write again. Of course all that you said was of importance my dear mother, but I have got to the point where I feel that there is so little to be said that I don't like to start. I am sending home some money this month as I sent the $20 00 by the [Y.M.C.A.]. I won't be able to send much because I have to pay for that rain coat out of this months pay - I thought it was coming out of lasts - but it will be a
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[page 2] few dollars - enough to get me back the point where I was before I sent for the $20 00 at Merritt. I know it must have cost several dollars to send the money, but it was worth it - for it would have been pretty bad to have had to go two months broke. The money will come to you in the form of a slip - something like a money order. When you cash this in if they do not give you some kind of a slip back I wish you would keep a list of the serial number - date & amount so that we can check up with the slips I hold. Some of these money orders may go to
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the bottom of the deep blue sea & as it will be only a paper which goes down & not the cash I see no reason why we shouldn't keep a record so we can see if this actually happen - do you? I don't believe that the USA is going to give Germany a chance to sink any of her ships from the way she is conducting the merchant marine. You hear absolutely nothing of any ships being sunk here. The submarine losses are not published at all. I believe Raymond would make a good sailor - if he is
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anxious to do duty for Uncle Sam. It would be pretty nice for him to train at the Great Lakes station - get a furlough before going east and then get a chance to see the old U.S.A. after every voyage. At that I wouldn't advise him to join for a while yet. 20 at least. I would hate to see that kid go to war when there are so many huskies around sucking their thumbs & praying for the war to End. He has a big job in taking care of you and would be fulfilling his duty if he kept you out of want. I do not see what you would do if he left. However if he is going to join I believe he would make a much better sailor than soldier.
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and believe he would do well to join the navy. I am keeping pretty busy and believe I am getting along all right. Of course I can't tell you what I am doing or in what part of France I am, but I am in a part where there is fine weather which helps a great deal. There is a good YMCA here & of course we have a good place to spend our evening and to read. The canteen also sells a few things which breaks the
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monotony of the army feed. I guess you noticed when you were over here how old the town were. There is a town near here that is quite historic and was old in 35 B.C. a famous bible character preached here. How are all the family? I hope the kids are getting better. How is Beatrice & her family ? I hope she is well, and all asks. You say you are going to finish up on the kitchen cabinet. How do we stand on it - the chifferobe & the cots. If I remember rightly we finished the payments on the cots & had one more payment on the chifferobe. Don't hesitate to use the money I send to clean up on these things if you think
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it a good idea, and pay it back as you wish if you want to. I know how every thing has advanced in price and it is not easy to meet a thousand & one little items. Well, I will have to close now and go to work. Write when you can. your loving son Glen.
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| Title | Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother- May 23, 1918 |
| Creator | Tudor, Owen Glen |
| Source | Tudor, Owen Glen. Letter to his mother. 23 May 1918. Westover, John G., Collection, 1910-1946. C3733. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this May 23, 1918, letter to his mother, Owen "Glen" Tudor discussed his brothers wishes to join the war effort, and suggested that he enlist in the Navy. Tudor, a Maplewood, Missouri, native, served in the 128th Field Artillery in the 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C3733 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | May 23, 1918 |
| Language | English |