"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...
letters
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."
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...
Letter to Dad
"The English call them “cooties.” The French “to-tos” and in America they are plain lice. There is no efficient preventative. You just have to get immune to them."
Postcards from Grenoble
"Shall hate to go back to the front again, but will never forget the trip." Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"The Y.M.C.A. needs men like you who can afford to work here without salary. The work is not hard and is only for the period of the war." Continue reading...
Letter from Grenoble
"Most of the Y men have their wives or daughters with them and they do all they can to make things pleasant for us. But I wish you were here to cut the pie and spread the jam on the bread. They are too dainty about it." Continue reading...
Sightseeing
"Am touring at Uncle Sam’s expense." Continue reading....
Letter to Mother
"After I got out of the line a couple of weeks ago I went to a quiet sector to rest up. All the boys sure needed it." Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"I was in a real drive not long ago and got out O.K. It was my first experience in a push, that is, a real push. We had good success." Continue reading...
MN Doughboy 1918 