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The World War One Diary and Letters of Robert D. West

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Waiting

November 15, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

“Slept in water + mud all the time here. No roof on this billet." Continue reading...

Letter to Dad

November 2, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"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."

Postcards from Grenoble

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

"Shall hate to go back to the front again, but will never forget the trip." Continue reading...

Letter to Dad

October 18, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"I was in a real drive not long ago and got out O.K. It was my first experience in a push, that is, a real push. We had good success." Continue reading...

Card to Ruth

October 12, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"It is raining and cold here but we have blankets enough. Am very well." 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...

Letter to Ruth

September 10, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"I had the pleasure of over a month of French life and could not even get wounded." Continue reading...

The Vosges Front

August 31, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

"At intervals, however, this comparative quiet was shattered by hard-fought local operations and raids." Continue reading...

Post Card

August 4, 2018May 2, 2019 / jpwest13 / Leave a comment

Field Service Post Card from Robert to his sister Ruth Continue reading...

Robert Takes a Tour

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

"Explored No-Man’s Land tonight. Saw lots of interesting things." Continue reading...

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