France June 11, 1918 Dear Father & Mother: Your welcome letter of May 9th received a day or two ago just as I had come in from a trip to the line where we worked about 48 hours continuously under difficult and quite exciting conditions. We were very tired and it was sure a relief…
1918
June 10, 1918
France. June 10, 1918 Dear Sister. Your letter of May 9 received yesterday. Also one from Papa. It was sure fast to get them. Also the pictures as it is the first mail I have had in quite a while, for we have been quite unsettled lately and very busy. I suppose you are reading…
May 12, 1918 – Mother’s Day
France May 12, 1918 Dear Mother: As today is “Mother’s Day” I will write you a letter as every boy in the A.E.F. is doing. I hope this finds you feeling as well and happy as I am, although I am a long ways from home and expect someday to return to the good old…
May 10, 1918
LE FOYER DU SOLDAT Union Franco-Americaine May 10, 1918 Dear Father: Your letter of April 4th received yesterday and the one you wrote February 21st I just received a few days ago. I think I have gotten all the letters you have written me. I suppose you are reading quite a lot about the war.…
April 12, 1918
[The top portion of this letter is missing] April 12, 1918 I am getting quite used to the sound of the guns which sometimes is a continuous roar for hours. There are no women or children this near the front. There is not much to spend money for. I have deposited 30 dollars with the…
April 8, 1918
AMERICAN Y.M.C.A. ON ACTIVE SERVICE with the AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE April 8, 1918 Dear Father: Your letter of March 5th received yesterday. I wrote you a letter a few days ago but will write again to make sure you get one. We are now in service at the front, but haven’t had much to do…
March 30, 1918
At Home in a Dugout March 30, 1918 Dear Father and Mother: Just received two letters from you today, one written January 7 and the other January 26. The one you wrote February 12 I received two weeks ago, so you see the mail service is a little irregular. We are now in service at…
March 10, 1918
National War Work Council Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States “WITH THE COLORS” Somewhere in France, Sunday, 4.45 P.M. March 10, 1918 Dear Father and All: Your letter of February 12th just received and will answer at once. I suppose you have received some of my letters by now. I have not yet…
February 1, 1918
ON ACTIVE SERVICE with the AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Somewhere in France February 1, 1918 Dear Father: Your letter of December 10th received about two days ago. Also the package from Durango and the Red Cross Christmas package from Cortez. We are certainly enjoying the contents. Everything reached us here in good shape. There is not…
January 17, 1918
ON ACTIVE SERVICE with the AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Somewhere in France January 17, 1918 Dear Father & all. I will drop a few lines to let you know we arrived safe. Have been here some time. I wrote you two letters, but lost both of them before I got them mailed. The weather is not…