Tales From The Front May Letters From Boys In France
A pair of May letters from Paul Gamble describes life with the front line troops. He jokes about an appetite and fatigue, notes shell-hole beds, and reports parcels and ration issues for himself and comrades in a machine gun section. He mentions friends in the 15th and a plan to join a Kansas unit if the expeditionary force arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gamble
Ben Kelleway
Earl Servage
Andy McCulloch
Hunter Wells
John Dickson
D. Fawcett
Springwater
Cunninghams
Traynor
Fritzie
Landis
Canada
Arizona
France
Kansas
Rest in France and wartime musings from a WWI letter
Roscoe Wilder writes from a south of France rest camp about a brief furlough, the beauty of the countryside behind the lines, and the grim reality of trenches and shelling. He jokes about Fritz and Uncle Sam arriving to help, while hoping for a peaceable quiet before more fighting resumes.
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Roscoe Wilder
A. Wilder
Landis
France
Fritz
Uncle Sam
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Reading Matter
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Saskatoon
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