George Wilde letter to John Wilde - May 25, 1918
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Camp Funston, [Kansas] May 25 [1918] Dear Brother: We are still here but will leave about Monday or Tuesday 28th Altho I am not quite sure. Everything is ready now for us to leave any day. The 353rd regiment is leaving today and will be gone by tomorrow. Our regiment is last to leave. All the other regiments have been going out all week. I am sending a package this evening its nothing of value but keep it for me just the same. Am going to take my shoving outfit with me, for it sure is handy. Also am sending you an emblem wear it in the honor of me being in this line of service. I received a letter from
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Artie Fox this week. He wrote me about you driving his car and said you sure were a remarkable auto driver (Sort of a Barney Oldfield) The Foxes boys don
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| Title | George Wilde letter to John Wilde - May 25, 1918 |
| Creator | Wilde, George |
| Source | Wilde, George. Letter to John Wilde. 25 May 1918. George Wilde Collection. Arnold Historical Society, Arnold, Missouri. |
| Description | George Wilde sent this letter to his brother John F. Wilde. Wilde wrote from Camp Funston in Kansas and stated that they were about to leave. Wilde served as a bugler in the 354th Infantry of the 89th Division. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Division, 89th; Camp Funston (Kan.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | Arnold Historical Society |
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| Date Original | May 25, 1918 |
| Language | English |