Letters from the Great War
Dear Folks, My second Xmas in France. Much more pleasant than the last. Today we had no reveille, breakfast at 8:30, no work, dinner at 2 PM and it was the biggest meal I have…
Am still in this place and don’t know how much longer we will be here. We are still working and it is still raining. Best of love, Joel J.C. Swisher Co. B 25 Eng.
Dear Folks, Still in this place but expect to leave any time for Brest. I will be glad when we get started. Of course, we may have to work a while at the port. We…
Dear Aunt Mary, Rec’d thy letter of Nov. 11 the other day. Glad to hear thee is all through moving. Thee sure gets thy share of moving recently. We are still in this place. Don’t…
[This letter is from Jerre Hambleton, a friend of Joel’s from home, whom he mentioned in his letter of Jan. 8, 1918.] From J.B.Hambleton Battery E. 345 F.A. A.E.F. Bettemburg, Luxemburg Dec. 6th 1918 Dear…
Dear Folks, We moved down here yesterday from Souilly about 12 miles west of Verdun. This place is about 25 miles west of Chaumont. We came down in trucks. It is about a 75 mile…
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