"I wrote you a long time ago that I got your box from Scotland. It was awfully good of you Mother dear to think of me like that. I nearly cried." Continue reading...
1898 Selby
Letter to Dad
"We have been having a lot of inspections for cooties, or anything else. There seems to be some mistake about disease among the people at home. There is very little anywhere as far as I know." Continue reading...
Letter to Ruth
"Just because I have not written to you lately is no reason that you should not write to your big brother over here in France but I suppose you are busy at school." Continue reading...
Letter to Mother
"They are having church in our Y so I came over here. This is a much better Y anyway. They serve hot chocolate. Yes, actually give it away free." Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"I have been away at gas school for three days. Had a very nice rest. Not much drill and the change does a lot of good. Very instructive too." Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"I have a wife and son which is more than all the money in the world. I have been in exile for some eight months. I have had a lot of time for thought." 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...
Joan of Arc
"Are camped where Joan of Arc was born?” Continue reading...
Letter to Ruth from Camp Dodge
April 11, 1918 - Letter from Robert to his sister Ruth (on “National War Work Council Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Associations” letterhead):Dear RuthWe are terribly busy today but I must take time to write to you before I leave. They issued me two suits of clothes and a wagon load of other stuff. I … Continue reading Letter to Ruth from Camp Dodge
Networking, Camp Dodge style
March 15, 1918 - Full diary entry:“Third innoculation for Typhoid. Formed new plattoons. Transferred to 2nd Leut. Cooper.Very nice - Mason”Finding other Masons becomes a minor theme in Robert’s 1918 diary. As mentioned previously, it was extremely important to him and his father.First measles, now typhoid? As a reminder, Robert had only been at Camp … Continue reading Networking, Camp Dodge style
