Oliver Vie letter to Grace - June 22, 1916
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Nanas Texas Hune 22sd 1916 Dear sister i thought i would drop you a few lines to let you know that things or well i am back at the Nanas ranch house where i was before i have been here a week. Say beleive me this is one bad place in the summer time one don
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[page 2] then troop from the north to come down here this time of the year The day the troops crossed the border at Brownsville [Texas] i was down on the river on pass the 26th inf was over in Mexico except K.M. and L. companys they or all back now the people near went crazy in Brownsville [Texas] you know the river ant wide at all one could all most jump over it in 4 jumps the mexicans took for the south at once one can see the mexican people all moving further south in to mexico i feel sorry for most of them they dont know nothing any way.
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[page 3] say believe me it sure is hot down here i think i done had my share in hell all ready what with the heat and the sum one goes crazy they call this country in here Stag head or wild horse desert and it is named right the grass never grows here and it never rains all you see it the brush and sand. Say i wish i could get a picture of these sand hills so you could see what it looks like you can see the heat waves rising up from them and still
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[page 4] while people will live in this country the nearest town from here is Reynoldville 21 miles. They or taking 76 cars of cattles from here today to keep them from dying there is dead cattle laying all over the ranch the coyotes eat them up and in a fine days the homes is bleached white from the sun it is so bad the coyotes or even going mad and we get a shot at them when they show wup. Well i will close now hoping to hear from you soon i remain your loving brother Ollie address mail Kingsville [Texas]
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - June 22, 1916 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 22 June 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, discussed local area and severe heat, and troops pushing |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; Punitive Expedition by the United States Army into Mexico, 1916; Railroads; Bandits; Guard Duty; Mexicans |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | June 22, 1916 |
| Language | English |