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Letter From a Soldier Boy in Prince
A 1915 World War I letter from Private R. E. McLarty of Company C, 116th Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces, France. He writes from a quiet Sabbath morning about liberty, travel to town, language barriers with French locals, soldiers eager to face the front, a YMCA gathering, and hopes to return home within a year. He ends with affectionate thoughts for Mabel and a preacher to come.
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Mabel
Liberty
Fritz
R. E. McLarty
116Th Engineers
American E Forces
France