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Letters from Soldier Boys Over There From Harold Hudson and Dick Pullen
Two World War I letters from Harold A. Hudson and Dick Pullen recount life on the fighting line in France. Hudson describes front-line training with British troops, the Mt Kemmel and Ypres operations, bombing of a village, and hopes for home. he praises letters from family, laments danger, and notes plans for further service. Pullen writes of July arrival in France, shell bursts, cooties and pests, YMCA and Red Cross relief, experiences near Paris, and observations of Joan of Arc’s birthplace and a towering church, with reflections on American soldiers’ role and the war’s toll.
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Harold A. Hudson
France
Lela Tludson
Estherville
Iowa
Belgium
Mt. Kemmel
Fritz
Ypres
Q. M
Berlin
Kemmel
Old Bocie
Kings of
England
Jerry
Hubert
Field Signal Bat. Co. C
E. F
Fies
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Oregon
Paris
Joan of Arc