Oliver Vie letter to Grace - June 9, 1917
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Saturday 9th 1917 Dear sister drop you a few lines we or still on the train some where we or six miles from the coast i think don
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[page 2] railroad yards. Well i have nothing to tell you only we went through some preety places we have come a long way since Sunday that was some ride i road the cook car all the way well tell the kids and the girls hello for me please when you write just send it to Washington D.C. Well good by and good luck your loving brother Ollie tell Archie i said Hello please and to write
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - June 9, 1917 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 9 June 1917. 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, wrote about traveling east from Texas in preparation for his trip overseas. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; United States. Army. Transportation; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | June 9, 1917 |
| Language | English |