Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - June 22, 1918
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[Y.M.C.A. letterhead] France June 22 [1918] My Sweethearts two I was raised to the seventh heaven yesterday when I received your letter dated May 9th and which must have gone to England and then followed me all over France. I think I shall get your letters more quickly now as we will move in a few days to a certain place where it is expected that we shall stay for some time. You should address your letters now to 2nd Battalion, 110th Engineers, American Exp. Forces. I already have some Bosch souveniers but don
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[page 2] was being shelled with gas and high explosives and strange to say have not succeeded in getting very badly scared yet. Am glad you met Mrs Newmeyer again at Excelsior Springs, hope you gave her my regards. I seems so odd to sit here reading your letter where you say it had just begun to dawn on you that we had sailed, when we have been here about six weeks. As a matter of fact we arrived in France on the day you mailed the letter. That letter you refer to as having well veiled hints was entended to be so but could not be more explicit, though you would
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[Y.M.C.A. letterhead] [page 3] to the old folks are you not? Am wondering what you are going to do when the Mrs (B) returns. Your prayers for my safe arrival were answered, dear one, but it was one nervious trip. I don
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[page 4] and I will write a note telling him it is coming. It warms my heart to be assured of your loves and that you are proud of me. I hope to deserve your pride and am quite sure that you, with your Southern blood, would not have been proud had we taken the easy course and stayed out of this mess. and I hope you are right about a year house in [New York] but am afraid not, not that the war may not be over by that time, but that it will take some time to transport the troops back home and we may not be so lucky as to be picked early. however that is in the future and we may surely hope. I just got back from a trip to a big town not many miles away where I bought a new watch, my old one having gone out of business, it is a black case, Swiss movement with an alarm attachment, very nifty I also got a birthday present for you. A real Moorish brooch, hand carved gold. carved by some old Moor in Spain. also a paper cutter made in Lorraine, and at the same time got a pin for you, my little daughter. It is a silver huron, hand carved by an old French jeweler. Don
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[Y.M.C.A. letterhead] [page 5] know exactly when I can get them off but will at the first oppertunety. While there I got a post card picture taken which, when finished will mail. This was taken in my new
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[page 6] there is no means of sending the bouquet so I shall send one or two of the flowers with the little girls message of love. The old lady with whom I am billeted keeps flowers on my table all the time I just heard that the quarters allowance is hung up again and that it will only go back to April 16-18 I wish they would get it settled one way or the other, so we could stop guessing and really know what it is to be and then get it. Write often my sweethearts, as you cannot know what a comfort your letters are. Carrie-Lou you must write often. We got ahold of some English papers yesterday and the news in them surely looked good. Kiss each other every day for me and rest assured that I am thinking of an loving you all the time Your loving Husband & Father Ernest Have you received your allotement yet? E Censored EMcKeighan Capt of Enges U.S.N.G.
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - June 22, 1918 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Family. 22 June 1918. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Ernest McKeighan sent this letter to his wife and daughter from France. In the letter, McKeighan mentioned seeing the destruction of war in France and other family affairs. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States Army. 110th Engineers |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Date Original | June 22, 1918 |
| Language | English |