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Letter to Dad

February 14, 2019May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"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...

Letter to Dad

January 14, 2019May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"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

October 7, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"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...

Scheming

August 1, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

“Not on detail today. Slept some." Continue reading....

Letter to Dad

July 30, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"We have adopted the slogan 'Hell, Heaven or Hoboken by Christmas.'" Continue reading...

Captain Lewis

July 26, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

“Have a new Captain. I believe he is a Mason but I do not know." Continue reading...

Masonry, Limetta and Mr. Nielson

July 21, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"I am going into the trenches in a few days so I thought I better write to you now." Continue reading...

Networking, Camp Dodge style

March 15, 2018November 29, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Third innoculation for Typhoid" Continue reading...

Getting Ready for Camp

February 23, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

Robert is leaving for the Army in three days. He has been married for nine days. Continue reading...

Lunch, movie and a show with Dorothy

January 19, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"Met Dorothy at noon, had lunch together. Saw 'The Sin Woman.'" Continue reading...

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