"Well there is no news today but the sun is shining and I feel more like my self. Just think in 1918 there were only 33 days of no rain out of 365 and they call it 'sunny France.'" Continue Reading...
Finances
Letter to Mother
"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...
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...
Letter to Dad
"They are sending me away to Gas School today so I thought I would drop you a line before I go. I will be gone a week so will probably spend Xmas away from Company B." Continue reading...
Drinking
“Pay day. Big drink parties." Continue reading...
Letter to Mother
"The morning after we came out of the big drive in the Argonne we called roll and out of 235 men there were only 19 left. I guess your prayers saved me." 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 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
"We were very successful though the Huns put up a stubborn resistance all the way. You can read about it in the papers at home. We are moving away from the front now slowly because we are all pretty tired." Continue reading...
A Day Off
“Ditched drill all day." Continue reading...