Oliver Vie letter to Grace - May 5, 1918
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[American Y.M.C.A. letterhead] May 5th 1918 Dear sister you letter received and was pleased to hear from you and thanks for the tobacco i received that you sent. Well in your letter you asted if i had Alice
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[page 2] Arch is over here too now and would like to see me well we may meet brothers run in to one another sometimes he must be in the service quit awhile now the last letter i received from him he was doing fine and still liked the army i often see Will Moran he is in L company but have not seen him latley. Your know i like this country pretty well only i can
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[page 3] yet and if i see it again will stay away from the others. Well i think i will close now and hope this letter finds you girls all well as it does me at the presant time and say you want to know about that picture you was telling me about well no that was not me not that one. Well give the girls my love and the kid
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - May 5, 1918 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 5 May 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 liked France but couldn't grasp the language. He also mentioned his brother who was serving in France as well. |
| 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 | May 5, 1918 |
| Language | English |