Gerald Deakins letter to Grace Ashton - March 29, 1919
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Original of this letter given to Museum of Soldiers of Missouri area, W.W.I. Gen. Hospital No 14. Fort. Olgethrope, [Georgia] March 29, 1919 Mrs. Grace Ashton: Dear Friend: Rec
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on the 19th of July
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in the Army about five years ago. He was on the border I know for I have heard him talk about it several times. I thought he lived in Ohio, I did not remember where he told me he lived, For we meet so many boy
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Grant was a fellow in our company who got killed while Vie and a fellow by the name of Beck and myself was in a little old trench Vie sent him out to a shell hole and he hadn
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| Title | Gerald Deakins letter to Grace Ashton - March 29, 1919 |
| Creator | Deakins, Gerald |
| Source | Deakins, Gerald. Letter to Grace. 29 March 1919. Oliver Vie Papers, 1913-1919. A2285. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Oliver Vie was born January 28, 1887, in St. Louis, Missouri. After working for several years in a shoe factory, he enlisted in the army in October 1913, Company K, 26th Infantry. He served along the Mexican border before going with the first contingent to France in June 1917. He fought in the battles of Cantigny and Soissons and was wounded in action and died July 20, 1918. In this letter, Captain Deakins explained that he was with Vie when he was wounded at the Battle of Soissons. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; World War I, 1914-1918--France; Soissons, Battle of, Soissons, France, 1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | March 29, 1919 |
| Language | English |