Oliver Vie letter to Grace - March 3, 1918
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March 3rd 1918 Dear sister you letter received and was more than pleased to hear from you hope this finds you all well as it does me. Well sister mutch thanks for what you said in you last letter but there is nothing i need and about that insurance you see i got a policy with the government
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in your name it would be to mutch trouble sending the money over there. Well i was on [ms illegible: 1 wd] just got back fine place. Well sister this may be the last letter you will get from me for sometime you see we are pretty busy but i will write if i can. So Arch is still in Texas and wants to come over here well if he was in the
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inf instead of the artillery he be over here all right. Well i guess will close now hoping this finds you all well tell the kids hello for me they must be geting preety big since i saw them last hoping to hear from you soon i remain your loving brother Ollie Oliver Vie company K. 26th inf. Via New York [censor
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - March 3, 1918 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 3 March 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 this might be his last letter for awhile because he was extremely busy. He also mentioned his brother who was serving in the artillery in Texas. |
| 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 | March 3, 1918 |
| Language | English |