Soldier Letters From World War I Mention Home Front Notes
Letters from Edward Kroeper and George Forrest Wood recount July 1918 life overseas and at Camp Grant Illinois. Kroeper writes of July Fourth celebrations in France, local humor, and family updates while expressing longing for home and future reunions. Wood notes troop movements, shoe logistics for recruits, and interactions with Putnam County peers before their division ships out.
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States of America
Ulle
England
Condit Tor
France
Iso
Grandpa
Putnam
Henry
Herman
Columbia
Peoria
Sheepshead Bay
Murphy
Red Cross
George Forrest Wood
Camp Grant II
George Burt
Putnam Boys
Theodore Rinehart
Clell
Shipp
Uncle Sam
Darkey
Charles Hunt
Mr. Miller
Miller
Metal theft in German retreat as British advance front lines
British dispatch reports German retreat across a 4000 yard front from Albert to Arras with heavy losses and demoralization. Graves and cemeteries looted for lead and jewelry while a vast dump near Caix shows material abandoned during the hasty German withdrawal.
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Bert Ford
Pic‘ardy
Germany
Caix
Hindenburg
Basement-Hamel
Sarre Ruisieux
Albert
Arras
Oureq
Soldier letters reveal unit transfer and Arizona rains at Douglas
Charles Lundholm of the 302 Cavalry writes from Douglas Arizona in August about a transfer to the 302nd Field Artillery, preferring artillery to cavalry. He describes horse drills, stunts, and jeep watches, notes rain in Arizona, hopes for furlough to Illinois, mentions a Jewish Chicagoan companion, and appeals for camp assignments while reading about recruits from New York. He closes with a classified ad for a blacksmith shop sale or rent.
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Douglas
Arizona
Henry
302Nd Cavalry
302Nd Field Artillery
California
War Department
Camp Grant
Rockford
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
New York
Pyi
Charles Lundholm
302 Cavalry F. Troop
Douglas Arizona
War Paragraphs and War Material Notes
Reports on wartime losses, loans, and Allied advances compile through mid 1918. German casualties near six million with 1.4 million killed, while Allied strides include vast captures of prisoners, weapons, and terrain. Abingdon clay works suspend operations due to coal shortages.
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France
Zune
Medical Department
United States Army
Cne
Fa Ay Bat
Abingdon
Clay Products Company
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Soldier Leiter
James Hart- Jav
Gan
Aisné- Marne
Lede Sy 'Ie de
Ruth Law
Ilinois
Tack
Harrisons Vitrolac
Harrison Service
Henry, Illinois
TOV
Peru
Jackies
John Phillip Sousa
Great Lakes
Zip
Richard Yates
Private Archibald Munro
Péru
Liberty Fire Company
Seelig
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