Dear Folks: I am in good health and am feeling fine. I was wounded slightly the 5th so I am now in Base Hospital No. 6. I spent one day in Chateau Theiry and two days in Paris…. Read More
Somewhere in France, Sept. 28, 1918 Dear Mrs. Albert: After arriving in this new section I will write just a short letter and tell you that our move took ten nights on the road with the animals and… Read More
Somewhere in France, Sept 6, 1918 My dear folks at home, Hello everybody. I am ashamed of myself for not writing sooner. But when I tell you that we have been very busy chasing the Germans lately you… Read More
Somewhere in France Dear Folks: How are all of you folks getting along. Hope you are all well I am feeling fine this morning, and it is fine weather again. Today I guess the rainy season had commenced… Read More
The following letter was received by Earnest Hoffman from his son Erwin, who has been in the army since spring: Somewhere in France, Sept. 5 Dear Folks: I will write you a few lines today to let you… Read More
Elmer Anderson Writes from France S. S. Ampetco, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1918 Dear Sister, Am well and hope you are the same. Well, what are you doing now days? I suppose you are real busy getting ready… Read More
Camp Taylor, Ky., October 12, 1918, Olivia, Minn. Mr. J. R. Landy, Dear Friend: As I am officer of the day with little to do makes me think of Olivia. Often think of that good town in the… Read More
Somewhere in France, Sept 8 Dear folks at home: How is everybody over there? O.K. here. We don’t have to drill today, so we have a little rest. Drilling is very hard after such a long lay-off, but… Read More
Somewhere in England, My Dear Folks: At last we have reached land which many of us were looking for. We were on the water a few days longer than most of them, the first five days the ocean… Read More
Chickamauga Park, Ga., Sept 28, 1918, Dear Mr. Allen, Have been here a little over a week and am getting on to the ropes fairly good shape. We receive nothing but military drill and tactics. The older men… Read More
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Letter from Jay Nellermoe, Renville County Journal, 10-20-1918: A Soldier Letter
Dear Folks: I am in good health and am feeling fine. I was wounded slightly the 5th so I am now in Base Hospital No. 6. I spent one day in Chateau Theiry and two days in Paris…. Read More
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Letter from Harley McLaren, Hector Mirror, 10-31-1918
Somewhere in France, Sept. 28, 1918 Dear Mrs. Albert: After arriving in this new section I will write just a short letter and tell you that our move took ten nights on the road with the animals and… Read More
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Letter from George Prelvitz, Hector Mirror, 10-3-1918
Somewhere in France, Sept 6, 1918 My dear folks at home, Hello everybody. I am ashamed of myself for not writing sooner. But when I tell you that we have been very busy chasing the Germans lately you… Read More
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Letter From George Groen, Renville Star Farmer, 10-24-1918
Somewhere in France Dear Folks: How are all of you folks getting along. Hope you are all well I am feeling fine this morning, and it is fine weather again. Today I guess the rainy season had commenced… Read More
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Letter from Erwin Hoffman, Renville Star Farmer, 10-10-1918
The following letter was received by Earnest Hoffman from his son Erwin, who has been in the army since spring: Somewhere in France, Sept. 5 Dear Folks: I will write you a few lines today to let you… Read More
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Letter from Elmer Anderson, Franklin Tribune, 10-3-1918
Elmer Anderson Writes from France S. S. Ampetco, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1918 Dear Sister, Am well and hope you are the same. Well, what are you doing now days? I suppose you are real busy getting ready… Read More
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Letter from Ed Kubesh, Olivia Times, 10-24-1918
Camp Taylor, Ky., October 12, 1918, Olivia, Minn. Mr. J. R. Landy, Dear Friend: As I am officer of the day with little to do makes me think of Olivia. Often think of that good town in the… Read More
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Letter from Dick Bakker, Renville Star Farmer, 10-10-1918
Somewhere in France, Sept 8 Dear folks at home: How is everybody over there? O.K. here. We don’t have to drill today, so we have a little rest. Drilling is very hard after such a long lay-off, but… Read More
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“Jerry” Stucke Writes From England, Buffalo Lake News, 10-25-1918
Somewhere in England, My Dear Folks: At last we have reached land which many of us were looking for. We were on the water a few days longer than most of them, the first five days the ocean… Read More
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Letter from Arthur John Huderle, Hector Mirror, 10-3-1918
Chickamauga Park, Ga., Sept 28, 1918, Dear Mr. Allen, Have been here a little over a week and am getting on to the ropes fairly good shape. We receive nothing but military drill and tactics. The older men… Read More
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