"There are a couple of kids (soldiers) outside chasing another soldier with big sticks. They are trying to make him sign the armistice. I wish they would be quieter." Continue reading...
Month: November 2018
Letter to Mother
"Tomorrow we are going to play war. We are going to capture the city of St. Mihiel. Just to keep in training." Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"Before the war was over we knew that we were here till it was over. Now it is over and we are dissatisfied because we are not being sent home." Continue reading...
Father’s Day
"Let me assure you Dad today; that my aim in life as a father myself is to be as good and wise and kind a father to my boy as you have been to me." Continue reading...
Letter to Mother
"Since I have been in France I have been in action nine times. Your prayers and the prayers of my sisters, father, aunts + uncles, and my wife have brought me through it all that I may return to America to show you all whether or not I am a worthy son, brother, and husband and father."
Waiting
“Slept in water + mud all the time here. No roof on this billet." Continue reading...
Hard Days
"These are hard days." Continue reading...
Letter to Mother and Dad
"I have good news for you. Word just received telling me that I am now a dad and you, grand parents. It is just as I wished. An eight pound boy. Black hair and blue eyes just like dad + I." Continue reading...
Fresnes-au-Mont
“Billeted in this old blowed up town." Continue reading...
Peace
“Peace is now assured." Continue reading...