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Letters From the Front Cover War and Home Front Hopes
A compilation of letters from American soldiers stationed in France and the United States recounting combat actions, camp life, and homeward hopes. Messages describe July battles, daily routines in tents and pup tents, friendships with other servicemen, encounters with Paris and New York, and reports on drafts, illnesses, and Christmas plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Harry
Spring Palley
Hollerich
Tean
Staten Island
New York
Hudson River
Red Cross
Fred
Brother Frank
Ninas
Young Wrights
France
Ree
Bob
Soissons
Verdun
Chateau Thierry
Paris
the Marne
Vaux
St. Mikel Salient
Spring Valley Gazette
Ed Tiernan
Borches
Flick
Serg’t
Peter Terneti
34Th
Inf American Expeditionary Forces
Jewish Welfare Board
McAlphin Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Rosenzweig
U. N. & Boys
LaSalle
Frank Klein
Brooklyn
David Warfield