"During the last year vast responsibilities have been put on my shoulders and I am 7,000 miles away. Is it strange then that I should wonder how things will turn out?" Continue reading...
Lake Rebecca
Letter to Mom
"I got me a bed from the “frogs” and have a straw mattress on it and five army blankets. I will hate to leave such comfort." Continue reading...
The Lake
“We should be home and out of the army by May 7th, my birthday." 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...
Rockford
A Field Service postcard to Robert's father. Continue reading...
Letter to Dad
"I am now a long way from where I was when I wrote to you last and so far I have not seen any place in “Sunny France” that can compare with Minnesota in any way." Continue reading...
Letter to Ruth from Camp Dodge
"I think I will go abroad this season. Don’t you want to go along?" Continue reading...
MN Doughboy 1918 