George Wilde letter to John Wilde - July 14, 1918
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Somewhere in France July 14, 1918. Dear Brother; I received your letter dated June 13th a few days ago. Sure glad to hear from you. It sure takes a letter a long time to reach me out here. One can just about figure a months time. I write you a letter answering once a week but will try to write oftener if I can, for I imagine a months time is a pretty long wait. I was glad to hear everybodys well out there, and with me its the same. I suppose you and Papa have been pretty busy the last two weeks thrashing and etc. Write and tell me how the wheat turned out. The weather
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I am still a bugler and also do signaling, like the work fine altho am being kept much busier than in the camp back in States. Otherwise things are the same and about the war we don
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| Title | George Wilde letter to John Wilde - July 14, 1918 |
| Creator | Wilde, George |
| Source | Wilde, George. Letter to John Wilde. 14 July 1918. George Wilde Collection. Arnold Historical Society, Arnold, Missouri. |
| Description | George Wilde sent this letter to his brother John F. Wilde. Wilde stated that he was staying busy as a bugler and how expensive things were in France. Wilde served as a bugler in the 354th Infantry of the 89th Division. |
| Subject LCSH | Buglers |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | Arnold Historical Society |
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| Date Original | July 14, 1918 |
| Language | English |