Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother- June 30, 1918
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France [June 30, 1918] My Dear Mother, Please excuse writing on the back of Raymonds letter but I have no paper now & don't know when I will be able to get any. I have received four letters from you within a few days & want to congratulate you on being a very good correspondent. We are now in another part of France and are billeted in a village. It is pretty dull here & the letter I have recieved from you & Plant, Rachel & Raymond help quite a bit. I do not know of anything interesting to tell you. I am a kind of instructor, but since the dope has been changed I do not know where I stand. I believe I would have done as well to have stayed with the Battery. The boys say that the convoy
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[page 2] They were in sank 2 subs. but they did not see them. While the subs were being sunk & many were running up on deck, Bat. F. was down in the kitchen "promoting" every thing they could carry away that was good to eat. "Promoting" is a great army game which is considered a joke only in the army. I have been guilty of a little of it myself. [ms illegible: 1 wd] one time it was almost promote or starve. We are getting good meals here. About the insurance. There has been a mistake. It should be for $8000.00, and not $5000.00 as you say the paper read. They have the dope here in duplicate. Write to Washington & have it corrected for if it isn't they will hold to the $5000.00 of course. Well, I have run out of paper. Will answer all letters soon. Love to all Your loving son, Glen
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[page 1] [reverse side of previous letter] Home Sweet Home, May 29, 1918. Dear Brother, I suppose you think I am a slacker, for not writing and I suppose I am but, I have an excuse. Mother was sending letter after letter and there was no answer and I began to thing they weren't getting to you. I know better now. I suppose you know that I tried to get in. I was rejected in the navy for slight disability would could be remadied with an operation (not serious) but as I could not aford to have it done just then although I went to Barnes to see about it
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[page 2] [reverse side of previous letter] and they wouldn't do it for me I guess I will have to wait till fall. I was accepted in the army but as you know I am not of military age (18) till fall and the best I can say for my self is that I am not a very good liar. So I have to be content with the Home Guard. Perhaps it is all for the best. It looks like they are going to parade the life out of us. There is one on for Decoration Day followed by a ball game between the Guard and the Frats
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Title | Owen "Glen" Tudor letter to his mother- June 30, 1918 |
Creator | Tudor, Owen Glen |
Source | Tudor, Owen Glen. Letter to his mother. 30 June 1918. Westover, John G., Collection, 1910-1946. C3733. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Description | In this June 30, 191,8 letter to his mother, Owen "Glen" Tudor wrote on the reverse of a letter sent to him by his brother, Raymond. Tudor, a Maplewood, Missouri, native, served in the 128th Field Artillery in the 35th Division during World War I. |
Subject LCSH | United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.-- World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations; United States. Army. Division, 35th |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C3733 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | June 30, 1918 |
Language | English |