Oliver Vie letter to Grace discussing smallpox - n.d.
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Kingsville [Texas] Dear sister you letter received and was pleased to hear from you am well and [ms illegible: 4 wds] you all well too. We or having some bad weather down here [ms illegible: 1 wd] rain for a week now they say the 36th inf. in Brownsville [Texas] has got 38 cases of small pox their is lots of sicknest on this border. Say how is the weather up there is it cold. Well Moral is still at Harlingen Texas
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[page 2] Well i suppose Dave is not doing mutch work now is he still doing Losies
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[page 3] They won
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[page 4] time they were out don
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[page 5] take for instant Frank Middleton he was in the navy you know you self he was not like that before he went in the service that why they most come back agan it is in the head they know they can
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace discussing smallpox - n.d. |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace discussing smallpox. 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 sister Grace and discussed a smallpox outbreak among troops and his frustration with army practices. He also mentioned possible plans for post-army life. |
| 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 |