Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 35

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L:H:RGT. A.I.F. Fight On Fight Ever

Maadi Camp
Egypt 19.2.15

My dear Mither
Just a line or two to assure you that I am fit & well. I never felt better in all my life. Eating like a horse, working like a bullock, sleeping like a top, and playing like a Kid.

Herewith my first (and only) Egyptian photograph entitled "me & the   OSS"
It is only a snap taken at the entrance to Maadi Camp.   The horse comes out well. I have a glove on my right hand - not for swank - but because I nearly cut 3 fingers off last week.   That is not snow I'm standing on but sand.
If you get a real good microscope you can see my moustache. But it really is better than it looks, though I've had it clipped twice. I'm going to

  

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