Letter from Harris Heard to Virginia - August 4, 1918
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[August] 4, 1918 Dear Virginia: I am addressing this letter in my mother
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[page 2] barracks bags are also packed We may leave anytime now. We are also having gas mask drill now. I understand that we get to ride to the front in real railroad cars- American coaches. The whistle on a French locomotive sounds like a whistle on a peanut stand. The funny little coaches run on four wheels and are so small that they remind me of an American dry-goods box. We are paid in French money. It reminds me of American soap-wrappers.
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[page 3] I wrote to you previously, and I hope that you have by this time heard from me I sent you a couple of personal post-card pictures of myself taken in France I hope that you received them. I am writing this letter hastily, but will write a longer one next time. I work every day, Sunday included, and every night also. Hoping to hear from you soon. Your friend, Pvt. Harris Heard Field Remount Squadron 302 American E.F. A.P.O. 711 Via N York
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| Title | Letter from Harris Heard to Virginia - August 4, 1918 |
| Creator | Heard, Harris |
| Source | Heard, Harris. Letter to Virginia. 04 August 1918. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Private Harris Heard of the Field Remount Squadron to Virginia of St. Louis, Missouri. In it, Heard, explained that he was traveling to Claye, France for gas mask drills. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Censorship; Gas masks; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; Locomotives |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 4, 1918 |
| Language | English |