"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...
armistice
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...
Peace
“Peace is now assured." Continue reading...
Fini La Guerre!
"In the little French villages, in the trenches, or along the roads, wherever a Frenchman saw a doughboy, he would greet him with a joyous shout, and cry 'Fini la guerre!’" Continue reading...
Armistice
"News came of the signing of the Armistice. The old bell rang in the church all day.” Continue reading...