Leon R. Sandford letter to Mrs. Rumbold - December 20, 1918
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December 20th
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troops and each batallion and the Headquarters are putting on little shows, we have had one show each & it would surprise you to see how well the men do, possibly we appreciate it more than some outsider would, but I think they deserve a good bit of credit for their efforts and do everything I can to help make it a success. For Christmas we are going to consolidate the three shows and have one long performance. Horace told me today that the Colonel was at Bordeaux, its useless to try and tell you how we have missed him and wanted him with us when we have been really up against a tough proposition and we had a few. I do hope it will be so that he can be assigned back to the Regiment and take us to St Louis, but I know if he isn
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I was telling Capt Rumsey to-day, I hoped they mustered us out some where away from St Louis if they didnt give us our Colonel back, and if They did, there wouldn
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| Title | Leon R. Sandford letter to Mrs. Rumbold - December 20, 1918 |
| Creator | Sandford, Leon R. |
| Source | Sandford, Leon R. Letter to Mrs. Rumbold. 20 December 1918. Rumbold, Frank M., General Collection. A1331. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Major Leon R. Sandford to the wife of Colonel Frank M. Rumbold, thanking her for the Christmas letter and informing her how much the regiment missed Colonel Rumbold while he was in the hospital. Frank Meeker Rumbold served as Colonel of the 128th Field Artillery during World War I. He later served as Adjutant General of Missouri from 1925 to 1927. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence; Christmas; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 128th |
| Site Accession Number | A1331 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | December 20, 1918 |
| Language | English |