Rats and Shells Keep Him Company in France
In October 1918 letters from Grover Morgan of Union Missouri describe life in France with rats in dugouts and constant shelling. The writer notes drills, air battles, and vivid frontline experiences, praising fellow soldiers and the paper for keeping morale high amid scarce news.
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France
Grover- Morgan
Union Mo
Rehoeth
Hartford News
Hartford
Rehobeth
Deeaugh
Gre
Cleo Pickering
Putnam County
Grover
New York
Christmas Letter From War Front Nehphew Writes Home
A nephew from Co A 24th Eng Amer E F writes of damp weather overseas and homesickness for the U S A. He mentions friends, the silly song they sing, and how rats and cooties are a minor bother as they carry on with their duty. He wishes a peaceful Christmas.
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Bodie
Bill
Lloyd E Staats
Leonard F Hoyt
U. S
J. E. Lewis
Fee
Bs Lewis, Co A
Eng
Amer
E. F
Rosewood Family Visits and Thanksgiving Notes
Rosewood residents share Thanksgiving visits with relatives in Stringtown and nearby towns. Elmer Medlin and Stella Lemley join Mrs. Ira Hoover, while Willis King and others spend time with Burl Mundon in Iowa husking corn. The piece also notes local movements, illness, and a Max Nordau quotation on history’s limitations.
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Elmer Medlin
Stella Lemley
Ira Hoover
Stringtown
Willis King
Luthox
Burl
Basil Mundon
Iowa
Zula Hoover
Raymond
Ola Hill Okle King
St. Joe
Gwendolyn Jarmem
Johnny Maize
Ruth Anders
Reta Choate
Charles Rex
Delilah Guffey
daug _ Grace Fowler
Pearl Vestal
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BI. G. Co
Amer E F
Freeman Hoyt
Wnte
England
Peuty
Sirus
Whig
Rosewood
Max Nordau
Waldemar
Brasfield’s Jewelry Store
A. H. Garrett
Unionville
Elko
Morrison
U S
O. E. Baker
Wahsonville
Rhode Island
C. M. McDowell
Walter Leas
Trus
Harry Clerk
A. P. McElhinney
Oh. F. O. Elson
Clerie
UG Turnmire
Jefferson City
Fom Fielding
Mendota
Everett Williamson
Lemons
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