Oliver Vie letter to niece Corinne - n.d.
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Lavaca river bridge near Vanderbilt Texas Miss Corrine Ashton My dear niece I received you letter and was more than pleased to hear from you and I hope this letter finds you folks all well as it does me at the present time. Say I laughted about what you said about then sharks I was down the river this morning in a boat and saw too many to suit me this river is full of them. Well how about the weather up that way is she very warm it is down here if I do say so my self. Say you ask about that soldier holding the girls
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[page 2] picture well he came in the service the same time I did but he deserted a few days after that picture was taken and they never did catch him but talking about having pictures take us soldiers had ours taken this morning with these country girls and yesterday the people from Lolita was down here with the minister and held and open and air meeting Just like a church with singing and praying we told them we could not come to church up there so all the people came here in farm wagons the minister ask us questions and when he came to me
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[page 3] I got my self in bad but I told how I never went to church mutch but the corporal fixed it up with him so I guess I am all right agan the people here think there is nobody like a soldiere so you see we stand in and get the pies and cake one good looking girl gave me a pie and said that
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To see you all agan and how is Geraldine and little Chubby but she might be big Chubby by now Well I gues I will close but will try to drop Chubby a fine [ms illegible: 1 wd] good by your loving Uncle Ollie
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| Title | Oliver Vie letter to niece Corinne - n.d. |
| Creator | Vie, Oliver |
| Source | Vie, Oliver. Letter to niece Corrine. n.d. 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, Vie wrote his niece Corrine and discussed military life and the locals. He also described church service. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry regiment, 26th; Punitive Expedition by the United States Army into Mexico, 1916; Railroads; Bandits; Lavaca River (Tex.); Mexicans |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2285 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | c.a. 1913-1916 |
| Language | English |