Soldiers Letters From The Front Volume Excerpt
Soldiers letters recount life in trench warfare with German shellfire and missing cigarettes. David Hardman laments lack of smoke while under fire and recalls a stand to in No Man's Land. Leslie Yager asks parents about home farming, weather, and news from Hamburg, hoping for letters.
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No Man’s Land
Scout
David
Hardman
Leslie
Leslie Yager
Hill
Hamburg
Leslie Yager, Jr
Yager notices wooden shoes novel to soldiers letters
Letters from soldiers describe seeing wooden shoes and climbing mountains while training for the Kaiser. Leslie Yager Jr notes the climate and gardens in the country, while Ralph Hicks and others mention marches, hikes, church, and camping with heavy packs.
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Yager
Yarger
Leslie Yager, Jr
War letters from Earl Beam boast drills and fish tales
Earl Beam writes Dear Fred about policing and progress in France. He describes long drill days, fond memories of home by a lake, and longing for fish while noting communications, censored travel, and camaraderie with officers and friends. He jokes about language and social life amid war and promises a future souvenir.
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Earl
Earl Beam
Fred
O. K
Mademoiselle
Bonjour
Herb
France
Tham
Nova Ward
Chriss
Kitchen Germ and Army Slang From Clyde Holly Letter
Clyde Holly writes from a Texas camp describing moving troops, a large YMCA building plan, and a late arrival with the 74th. He mentions cooking beans like his mother taught him, staying in a field area, and plans to survey the site before ending the note.
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Clyde Holly
Texas
Moved to New York Ackley Resides at Otisville Hospital
Dug Ackley now resides at the general hospital in Otisville New York and writes to Fred expressing thoughts about a hypothetical situation. The readable fragment suggests personal correspondence and relocation context within Otisville.
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Dug” Ackley
The
General Hospital
Otisville
N. Y
Fred
Soldier letters from the sanitarium near the Catskill Mountains
A serviceman writes from a mountain sanitarium where he tends sick soldiers on Ward 2. He notes tuberculosis cases from France and U S camps, mentions weighing gains, hopes to go to France, and praises local dairy farm people and Jersey milk. He misses Hamburg and reads the Reporter from his father.
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France
Hamburg
Jersey
Otisville Visit Dreamed by City Writer
A city writer muses on visiting Otisville seventy miles from New York City to see sights and to look up John Snyder before long. The note ends with a personal sign off and a plan to close.
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Otisville
New York City
John Snyder
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Ralph Hicks
Bear Fred
England
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Food Administration
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Catskill Mountains
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Culinayy
Army
Navy
Washington
Joplin
Anne
Sterling
H. G. Butterfield Jeweler
Joplin, Mo
Chas. H. Medford
Bell and Mutual
John Levenster
M. D. V. Asst
Rhetta Ireland
Ss. T. Mitchell
Bank of Hamburg
Fred Aldrich
Frank Davis
Tamburg
William Henderson
R.w.sykes, M. D
Lyceum Bldg
Duke Alberson
Fremont
Atchison Counties
George H. Gitz, Jr
M.D.V
Griffith Drug Store
B. F. Shuey
G. A. Auctioneer
Jones School
Chicago
Tlinois
Merchants Exchange Bank
Hamburg Town
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