Ted A. Salogne letter to Mrs. Rumbold - December 25, 1918
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Verdun France [December] 25 [1918] My Very Dear Mrs Rumbold Many thanks for the good wishes received and I can tell you from the bottom of my heart it was a sad Christmas without our beloved Col. this I can truthfully say is the Sentiments of all the old Officers and I think without a doubt the thoughts of all the men who know him. We have been housed again drawing 900 head after giving up all but 142 in the Regiment
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[Page 2] those going to other Regiments for the army of occupation. I had a very good friend Major Daveaux who is well known in Polo Circles and he let the Regiment pick out of some 2000 head. he is in charge of the Remont Station at Verdun and most capable of [ms illegible: 1 wd] same. This time of the year takes me back to just one year ago at Medium Park in the best company of all and I cannot
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[Page 3] forget many nice things. I wish for you and our Col. if he is back the most good luck in the coming year and in our hearts these can be but one. Wait untill the 128th gets back to St Louis and find out how many are still and always loyal sincerely with love Ted TA Salogne 1st Lt 128 Fa.
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| Title | Ted A. Salogne letter to Mrs. Rumbold - December 25, 1918 |
| Creator | Salogne, Ted A. |
| Source | Salogne, Ted A. Letter to Mrs. Rumbold. 25 December 1918. Rumbold, Frank M., General Collection. A1331. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from 1st Lieutenant ted A. Salogne to Mrs. Frank Rumbold thanking her for the kind Christmas wishes. 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 25, 1918 |
| Language | English |