Oliver Vie letter to brother - n.d.
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Kingsville [Texas] Dear brother just a few lines to let you know i am well and hope this finds you all well. Well how is every thing up that way the weather is a little cool down here now. Say how is all the fellows still hanging around. Well things or Just the same down here geting sick of it i have not seen Will Moran latley but he is still a corporal in L Company 26th infantry at Harlingen [Texas] How is old man Middleton still living and smoking stogies
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[page 2] i suppose you don
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[page 3] Well how is all the girls i hope they or well there is sure lots of sickest in the army down here they try too keep it out of the papers so the people won
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[page 4] insurance money while i have it and i wish you would let me know in your next letter if you received it Well hoping this find you all well i remain Your loving brother Ollie
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to brother - n.d. |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie. Oliver. Letter to brother. n.d. 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, Vie wrote his brother and described his frustration with army life and the prevalence of sickness among the soldiers. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry regiment, 26th; Punitive Expedition by the United States Army into Mexico, 1916; Small pox |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | c.a. 1913-1916 |
| Language | English |