Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks No. 3 - n.d.
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[Saturday] nite. Dear Folks: - Got a little time so will drop you a letter - received the books O.K. - am still in schoolwith no idea how long it will last. every thing points to our leaving here very soon. as to just how long don't know. am afraid I won't get home but we will hope for the best. can tell more about it in a week or ten days - suppose you have seen Ray Hughes - boys will be coming in pretty fast till time to go. when they quit granting them we will then know our time here is short. hope I can come home, been sketching maps & roads all week - got to go out to -
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morrow and sketch a road - work all the time - received the envelopes today - thanks - also your fine letter - tell honey I sure did enjoy her letter and would like to see her - expect she is such a big girl I wouldn't know her. glad business is picking up - is getting colder here - got a order from division tonite saying a cold wave was on the way. due here tonite - 30 degrees drop - make it about 15 [degrees] or 20 [degrees] above - not so cold if wind ont blow - dis-charged some more men today. physical disability - Oscar Liles, Burnett kid, Coleman from Orrick - getting about rid of all the "crips" both in wind
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body now - sure glad they are going. would like to see Puaul& Butch - both looking good I guess - Paul ought to join something - he is able to fight his own battle - don't like to see him hide out - yes 1918 is here and none of us knows what is in store for us - we all hope for the best - it holds one thing for me a undertaking of which I never dreamed of doing. a U.S. officer fighting for Old glory in a world war - but some day I can look back to this year as the year of my turning point in life - the man which later years I expect to be - there is no question but what I will partake in the battles of this war but I
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believe that the one above will return me safely to my home. if it is my fate to die I could not do it for a nobler cause - it is every man's duty to do just what I am doing - am feeling fine - enjoying the best of health. hope all of you are - boys all feeling fine. Tell every one hello. hope to see you some time soon but didn't count on it. got the calendars sure are fine - also the pillow case and other thing - both are fine - changed slips right away and had the other washed - sure needed it. will close - will write when I can. Goodnight Love to all Your loving son, Kirk.
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| Title | Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks No. 3 - n.d. |
| Creator | Brady, Robert Kirk |
| Source | Brady, Robert Kirk. Letter to Folks No. 3. n.d. Brady, Robert Kirk, Letters, 1917-1919. C0077. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this undated letter to his folks in Richmond, Missouri, Robert Kirk Brady wrote about his father's visit and the enjoyment he received from the items he brought. Brady, a native of Ray County, Missouri, served in the 140th Infantry Regiment during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Military training; World War, 1914-1918; Fort Sill (Okla.); United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C0077 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English |