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Souvenir Postcards - n.d.

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Title Souvenir Postcards - n.d.
Creator Uknown
Source Unknown. Souvenir postcards. n.d. 24 April 1919. 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. These are eight souvenir postcards from Vie's time on the Mexican border.
Subject LCSH United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 26th; Punitive Expedition by the United States Army into Mexico, 1916
Subject Local WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number A2285
Contributing Institution Missouri History Museum
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Date Original n.d.
Language English

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