31 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
1
A reflective piece urges loving domestic life and tells of soldiers writing from France in Sept 1918. It contrasts caring for wives and children with busy, uncommunicative husbands while detailing letters from James Melton and Leo and Glenn Abbott about trenches, shells, transport, and daily camp routines.
From Lieutenant Neely France dated October 2 1918 he writes to Mr. and Mrs. J W Neely Browning Missouri describing a sunny Willy rough conditions behind the lines in France A drive is underway with frequent camp moves as the army advances He mentions shipping baggage and using the American Express Company for storage in Paris and comments on rough travel conditions and the small slow trains.
From France Sept 28 1918 Corporal writes home of leading a squad of southern Mississippi men over the top describes the German raid and his pride in duty. He asks family about crops grandparents and relatives and promises to share more when he returns.
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