"It seems I told you a little too soon that you should stop writing to me, for I have received no mail for a week, but I’ll leave France soon so I did not miss it far. However I will be lonesome without any mail." Continue Reading...
Cooties
Letter to Dad
"We are being deloused now and expect to be out of this town within a week and out of France inside of a month." Continue reading...
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 Dad
"Thursday is bath day. We have a shower bath. The water is warm but the air is rather cold, so we don’t waste much time. I am just about rid of cooties now and hope to be entirely rid of them soon." 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...
Postcards
Postcards to Robert’s mother and father. Continue reading...
Letter to Mother
"We have a little time each morning to clean up around our billet. The old lady downstairs throws her ashes, garbage, sweepings, etc. out the door so we have to clear it up." 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."
Robert Tries to Make a Change
"Went to Arches to see Leut. Kitter about a transfer." Continue reading...
MN Doughboy 1918 