Oliver Vie letter to Grace - August 23, 1916
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Kingsville Texas [August] 23 rt 1916 Dear sister i thought i would drop you a few lines to let you know that things or well. Say Grace i suppose you read in the paper about the gulf storm well it blowed all the buildings in the camp away i lost near every thing i had it made this town look bad the next morning they say there is another one coming and it will blow harder it reached every thing and made the troops without home
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[page 2] were killed is the report. Well i have been back in Kingsville[Texas] some time i am on the Military police force again been on two weeks don
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[page 3] they or all most begang them to renlist they can
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[page 4] at all every thing is quiet on the border to quiet the people have the hook worm i guess i got a little of it myself Well i sure wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year Your loving brother Ollie Say tell Carmine she forgot to tell me how Billy boy was in her letter
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - August 23, 1916 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 23 August 1916. 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 to his sister Grace, Vie, described the damage caused by the Galveston Hurricane. He also expressed frustration with army practices and sympathized with the deserters. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; Punitive Expedition by the United States Army into Mexico, 1916; Railroads; Bandits; Guard Duty; Mexicans; Deserters, Military |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Galveston Hurricane |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 23, 1916 |
| Language | English |