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1. Letter from Leighton, Alice and Arthur

   Institute. My clothes smelt very strong of cigar smoke next day. It was a splendid evening. There is ... Mesopotamia even. I have no news that would be worth troubling you with beyond this- I sent my copy of Mary ... When the document from the Bank came it was all right £400- that means 380- & I shall have to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:53pm

2. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   very blue so far except when the mail came this morning & there was none for me. However we just ... once the sun was shinning in England. Everyone remarking about how long the sun stayed out. It even ... are so blooming many diseases going around here you had best take no chances even if they are three or ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:58pm

3. Letter from Wilson, Thomas Orval

   9/1/44 Dear Mother: I received another parcel from you and it was really nice and came in very ... handy even if the mice did eat most of the chocolate bars. The mice around here must be as big as ... instead of a qualified leader. After nearly five years of war some people over here don't even know ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:14pm

4. Letter from Law, John William

   as soon as I get back. Have been having the best time Ive had since I came to France. There is ... ambulance and even motor truck drivers, they have their uniforms and get their cigarette issue the same as ... soldier respects the nurse but in the presence of the others the soldier doesn't even bother to check ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:40am

5. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   could- for there are all kinds of picks & shovels etc, lying around- I came across one of our boys- ... burried, & even now they may be clinging to the hope, that he is still alive, a prisoner, for he would ... which I picked last evening from the clothing grey uniform on the decaying body of a German soldier. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:53am

6. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

   Sun. evening Well here I am still in Halifax but not for much longer. We are going down to Boston ... tomorrow or the next day and I'll be seeing Milton. We really have it easy here. I even sleep till ... probably heard Dad mention Sandy who was at Elementary and Service with me. He just came here from a course ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:37pm

7. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   No. 10 again, I will get it more quickly I think. You might even put A.P.O. 4 in the left hand lower ... will be my location for a while at least. For the first time since we came over here, Fritzie visited ... as it is very easily sterilized, I thought you might like it. Why of course Bobbie is a “P.B,” even ...

   Editor - Feb 6 2023 - 10:38am

8. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   Floss yesterday, and another to-day, so the American mail is coming but slowly. Last Saturday evening as ... afternoon there, had tea & came back on the train about 8 P.M. It is a really beautiful park, and I made ... a game of baseball early in the evening. You may remember that a couple of years ago, I tried Burroughs ...

   Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 4:43pm

9. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   Wrote some letters in the evening. Sat Jan 2, 1943: On parade this morning. We had a lecture on the ... in. I went to the station cinema in the evening to see “The First of a Few” with Leslie Howard. Sun ... intended staying for the dance in Dorothy’s Café, but it was too cold for me so I came to camp & went ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:41pm

10. Letter from Dutton Advance

    tobacco, as our allowance is very small and French tobacco was never made to be smoked. We all hope the war ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 8:55pm