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Letters From the Front Chronicle Wartime Letters from Camp Lee and France
A collection of war letters to mothers and sisters from U S soldiers in Camp Lee Va and in France. Ralph Rubiman Frank Gietl Chester Marsh and others describe anxieties about frontline duties, training, letters, Liberty Bonds, letters home, and longing for home. They recount battles, bombardments, prisoner captures, and daily life in trenches huts and bivouacs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Ralph Rubiman
Camp Lee
France
Ralph Rublman
Seargant
Ross
Paul
Harold
Florence
Ralph Akers
Paul Newmaker
Liberty Loan
Rhea Bro
Poy
Ralph Db. Rehiman
Scargant
Camp Tee. Va Co
Warren
C. A. Gietle
Cedar Street
Frank
Sam
U. S
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Ocean
England
Pai
Get
Aunt Jo
Frank Wright
Merle
Willy
Monard
Corry
Watt
Chateauy
Randall Houghton
Cor