Oliver Vie letter to Grace - October 23, 1915
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Santa Texas [October] 23rd 1915 Dear sister i take pleasure in writing you these few lines to let you know that i am well and hope this finds you the same. Well i think i told you i was not at the ranch any more well i am at a nother ranch now and a big one that is it an
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[page 2] wrecked is sure in piled up too they burned the bridge all so there is four of us go at a time the trouble is geting worse again i guess you read in the papers about the trouble and the fight near Mission Texas the bandits was sighted near here the other night that is some where 15 miles down the line from here they stoled the dead soldiers shoes after they killed them on the train i left on the train that they made up too get the dead and wounded it left Kingsville [Texas] but they had them out when we got there it happened just 7 miles this side o Brownsville [Texas] Say I have not been with the company more than a week since left Texas city out on detachments
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[page 3] and it look like the gulf of Mexico when it stoped the camp at Kingsville [Texas] was flooded you know we have L. company there now too. Say i read in the papers about sharks eating so many people i hope they dont get hungry here. Say there sure is some good looking girls around here they gave us soldiers and ice cream party brought it too camp they or going to give a fishing party and want us to come the party is some day this week we have lots of
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[page 4] company most girls and women farmer people there is one man here from St. Louis [Missouri] he used to be a builder there he comes over every day he lends us his boats for fishing and rowing i catch lots of fish here. Well how is every think up there is every body well. The state troops keep coming every day can
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[page 5] i was ever in my life we fine men is a long way from the border. Well i am not so far from Houston [Texas] about 130 miles i think i will go to Houston [Texas] Sunday you know we can ride any train we care too and it don
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[page 6] know how mutch i owe if you please and i will send the same and tell Archie i will answer his letter but have not really got the time we have so many visiters. Well i will close now hoping to hear from you soon and this finds you all well as it does me at the present time Your loving brother Ollie Tell the kids Hello address mail to Kingsville [Texas]
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to Grace - October 23, 1915 |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to Grace. 23 October 1915. 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 escort duty, issues with Mexican |
| 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 | October 23, 1915 |
| Language | English |