Harry S. Truman letter to Bess Wallace informing her that he is leaving Camp Sill - n.d.
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Dear Bess: We are moving out at last. Sat up all night last night waiting for the train. It pulled in at 1:30 A.M. this Wednesday morning. We have a fine Pullman observation car with all 129th officers except five or six. They are 130th. We are going north and hoping to hit Kansas City. They say we'll go around the outer edge if we do. Your package was just in time and sure was fine.
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I never tasted such good candy in my life and the cakes were just as fine. This train is so rough I can hardly write but I am afraid if I wait I won't get to mail it. We are sure glad to leave Ft. Sill but we may see the time when it will look good to us. They turned down Lt. Lee at the last minute. I was so mad I could have cussed all the doctors in Christendom off the map if I could have done it. They sent him before a physical efficiency board
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and he beat them there and got his baggage loaded into the car after spending all day chasing back and forth to Div Hdqrts. Then they made him stay behind and sent a substitute. He was the most thoroughly disappointed person you ever saw. I hated it almost as badly as he did. We don't know where we are going but it looks like we might come through Kansas City now as we are going north on the Rock Island. I'd give anything in the world to see you and Mamma and Mary before I go across but I doubt very much if
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that is possible except by good luck. I shall keep you informed by wire where I am until I leave this country. All cables will come to Boxley through the chief cable censor so you will be informed immediately on my safe arrival across. You can write me Detachment 35th Div. 129th FA Camp Merritt [New Jersey] and I'll probably get it. The train is slowing and I'd better quit will write some more tomorrow and wire you today. Yours always Harry
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ONE HUNDRED TWENTY – NINTH FIELD ARTILLERY Det. 35 Division Camp Merrit [New Jersey] Special Delivery Miss Bess Wallace 219 Delaware St Independence [Missouri] 1101
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| Title | Harry S. Truman letter to Bess Wallace informing her that he is leaving Camp Sill - n.d. |
| Creator | Truman, Harry S. |
| Source | Truman, Harry S. Letter to Bess Wallace informing her that he is leaving Camp Sill. n.d. Papers of Harry S. Truman Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs; Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, 1910-1919. HST-FBP |
| Description | Letter from Harry S. Truman to his future wife, Bess Wallace, informing her that they are leaving Camp Sill. Captain Harry S. Truman commanded Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery Regiment from July 11, 1918 through the end of the war on November 11, 1918. During his military service Truman frequently wrote to Bess informing her of his experiences. |
| Subject LCSH | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 129th; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Fort Sill (Okla.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | HST-FBP_5-18_01 |
| Contributing Institution | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum |
| Rights | Documents in this file are in the public domain. |
| Date Original | July 23, 2015 |
| Language | English |