Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - August 22, 1918
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[August] 22- [1918] Hello, Frank, Im a sunovagun if I didn
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us sitting up here within a hundred yards of Fritz reading a Sunday evening Post, with a big fat black cigar from havana in our mouths or anything about how the British took Albot is [m.s. illegilbe 1 wd] day while nibbling on a hunk of [m.s. illegible: 1 wd] honest to God Chocolate from the States. They not only get what we want from the States across the ocean, which is [m.s. illegible: 1 wd] some accomplishment but they doing it right up to the trenches for us where we need it most, and sell it to us for prices that wouldn
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| Title | Letter from Edward Meier to Frank - August 22, 1918 |
| Creator | Meier, Edward |
| Source | Meier, Edward. Letter to Frank. 22 August 1918. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Private Edward W. Meier of St. Louis, Missouri, served with the 138th Infantry during World War One. Meier wrote his cousin-in-law Frank Baebler, also of Saint Louis, several humorous letters during the War.Two letters addressed to Frank from soldier Ed describing his time in France and what it was like to receive and read letters. |
| Subject LCSH | Bombing, Aerial; World War, 1914-1918--Artillery operations |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 2, 1918 |
| Language | English |