"This is “Valley Forge” I guess. It is pretty cold any way. But it is a lot better than the place we left." Continue reading...
Author: jpwest13
Bob Junior
"Bob jr. is big and fat." Continue reading...
The Lake
“We should be home and out of the army by May 7th, my birthday." Continue reading...
Letter from Aunt Aggie
"How proud your Father and Mother, also your dear wife, must feel that you had the honour of hearing the glorious news on the field." Continue reading...
Pont-sur-Meuse
"The new town is Pont-sur-Meuse. Are billeted in a big barn.” Continue reading...
Another Letter to Mother
"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...
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."
MN Doughboy 1918 