Letter by Ollie McAnelly to Rosie Tucker
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Title
Letter by Ollie McAnelly to Rosie Tucker
Creator
McAnelly, Ollie
Subject- LOC
World War , 1914-1918 -- Correspondence ; Veterans -- Illinois ; United States . Army . American Expeditionary Forces -- Correspondence .
Subject [IDA]
Military Veterans World War I
Description
Handwritten letter from Ollie McAnelly , who was serving the United States army in France , to Rosie Tucker in Clinton , Illinois . The letter was given to the Clinton Morning Journal for publication and contains editor's marks .
Contributing Institution
Vespasian Warner Public Library District
Date
25 Jan 1918
Type
text
Format
3 handwritten pages + 1 handwritten envelope
Identifier
5-1_WWI-5-le-2010-074
Language
English
Transcript
[Page 1] AMERICAN ON ACTIVE SERVICE Y.M.C.A . WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Save Jan 25 , 191 9 Dear Rosie I will write you a letter while I am on leave and seeing some of the nice parts of France . ¶ I am at aix-Les-Bains , near the border of Switzerland and Italy . ¶ I am among the alps . I was on Mont . Revard today and I sure had a good time . The top of it is far above the clouds and it sure is one of the prettiest sights there is to look down on the clouds , and when the sun is setting it it the prettiest scene there is to look upon . ¶ The mountain is 5070 feet high and you can see mont Blanc which 42 miles away , and it don’t look one a half [Page 2] AMERICAN ON ACTIVE SERVICE Y.M.C.A . WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 2 Jan 25 , 191 8 mile away . ¶ Mont . Blanc is 16000 ft . high , or about 2 ½ miles high . ¶ I sure am enjoying myself here. I have only two more days here and then I start back to my company . I could stand a month here easy . This town here was built before Christ . It is over two thousand years old . There is a museum here that has a mummy in it that is over 5000 years old , and there are two stone coffins that have skeletons in them that have turned to dust , but still show the form of a skelton . ¶ I went to Mont schambotie [?] yesterday and ate dinner in an old scottish lady’s castle and walked back along the lake . ¶ There sure is [Page 3] AMERICAN ON ACTIVE SERVICE Y.M.C.A . WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 3 191 . lots to see here. I went to chambery two days while here and there sure is lots to see there also: Boo coo French beauties , I am to see the gorges tomorrow and I have seen every thing almost there is to see here. ¶ I tried to skie today and sprained my ankle and wrist , and that was enough , so I took them off and got me a sled and took a few rides on it . ¶ I don’t know when we will start for home , but it will be soon . ¶ I am tried of this country . I guess I will have to close for this time hoping to find a nice long loving letter from you when I get back to the company . Good bye . From Ollie McAnelly xxoox [Envelope] Ollie McAnelly Soldiers Infantry U.S.A . AMERICAN Y.M.C.A . Miss Rosie Tucker 1130 E . Wash St . Clinton Ill Lt . U.S.A .
Coverage- Geographical
United States -- Illinois -- DeWitt County ; France
Coverage-- Temporal
1910s (1910-1919)
Rights
The Vespasian Warner Public Library Distrcit (VWPL) holds the copyright for this image. It may be downloaded for personal use, but may not be published or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from VWPL. You may contact VWPL at 310 N. Quincy St, Clinton, Illinois or at 217-935-5174.
Collection Name
DeWitt County World War I Collection
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