Oliver Vie letter to Grace - ca. 1918
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Dear sister i take pleasure in droping you these few lines leting you know i am swell and hope you or the same i received the boxs and thanks for the same i have not mutch time to write the weather is cold here. Say i received a box from Emma i wish you would write to her for me i lost her address and say about that insurance i guess i will drop it so dont pay any more money on it i can
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i remain Your loving brother Ollie Oliver Vie company K 26th inf. [censor
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - ca. 1918 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. ca. 1918. 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, explained that he had received letters and boxes from family members but had not written home because he didn't have time. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; United States. Army. Transportation; World War I, 1914-1918--France; Insurance |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | c.a. 1918 |
| Language | English |