Letters from the Great War
[Postcard image not available. Caption: The Drafted Men, Camp Devens, Ayer Mass] Posted Oct 29 1917, Fitchburg, Mass. This is the way they come in here. This is the draft army cantonment for the New…
Dear Helen, Your letter reached me about a week ago. It had been forwarded to Ft. Slocum but got there after I left and they held my mail down there sometime before they forwarded…
Dear Folks, I was assigned to my company today. We have been given all of clothes except our pants. We are still wearing the ones we had on when we enlisted. We were given a…
Posted Oct. 12 1917 Fitchburg, Mass. This is not the house I live in but one something like it with two stories. 17 of us came here today from Ft. Slocum. This is the National…
Dear Folks, That is my address for the present. I will probably be assigned to a permanent company in a few days but that address will reach me until I send you my permanent address….
Postmark: New Rochelle, New York Ft. Slocum, Company 2: This is one of the few buildings I saw going thru N.Y.(1)Joel likely was able to see the then-new Post Office building because it is directly…
I am in a house, not in one of these tents. This is a receiving station for recruits. It is on a small island on Long Island Sound about 20 miles NE of New York…
Dear Aunt Hattie, This is the first time I have had a chance to write for any length of time. I was sent to Harrisburg 3d Day(1)Tuesday, in Quaker “plain speech” night, was examined there…
Dear Helen I sent you a letter last Wednesday but do not know whether it reached you or not. In case you did not get it I will explain. In it I asked if I…
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