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1. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   slight pain in my chest but much better than before. Every day when the wind is blowing in the right ... direction we see five or six ordinary balloons floating past and sometimes a sausage balloon standing like ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:54am

2. Letter from Cook, Alfred Frank

   that he told me about.) I rec’d Father’s letter yesterday and was glad to her that he is feeling better ... need them when the time comes. You need not worry for I will be all OK I can stand what others have ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   It’s quite true; a lot of doctors went from here to take the places of those killed. One fellow who was ... Altogether Fritz is fighting very “dirty” just now — very. All are agreed on that. All those tales you read ... Germans, taken on the average, will not stand up when it comes to a show-down; though they are tremendously ...

   Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 2:28pm

4. Diary from Wilson, Andrew

   Got "Stand to" at 5:00 AM. Had to get out before daylight and stay with Platoon for an ... Orders to stand to at 5 AM. Army WWI Europe France Diary 1918 March 30th Wilson, Andrew no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:21pm

5. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   which are common in this part of the country in fact the uncommon is the house that stands. I have been ... standing while the ground is covered with shell holes, mines etc. & the trees are either cut down or ... stripped by shells. The few that are left standing were killed by gas used two years ago. It is great to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

6. Letter from Cobourg World

   off my chin and sometimes it was difficult to breathe. I spent an hour there working with those chaps ... clothes and bodies were in a frightfully dirty condition, so you could imagine how you could stand this ... kind of a show. The noise of those shells falling within a few feet of you, the dead and wounded all ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:02pm

7. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   Jean has been able to get her affairs in better shape, and I hope initiated proceedings on our own ... little home, we soon should be able to stand on our own feet. Jean's happiness and pleasure at being ... course, I suppose. In many respects it is for the better. It was a welcome development to run into Lorne ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:23am

8. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   but it is much more quiet, and as a draft is going out in the morning, my things will stand watching. ... to bed early on account of my cold (which is practically all better). Then yesterday, I got my pass ... oilskin coat for twenty-one shillings and one of those sou’wester hats to match. It will sure keep me dry ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 12:21pm

9. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   tonight, I feel it isn’t such a tough war after all. I spent the better part of yesterday digging my tank ... wonder how much more the Germans will stand before they call it quits. You really have to give them ... makes my blood boil when I think of all those “Zombies” loafing around their comfortable barracks, while ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

10. Letter from Styles, Jack Morris

    This plane was better so we went to the edge of the runway and started down it. I was sitting there ... stomach feels funny after falling through the air so you decide you had better work than sit there ... thinking of those paper bags and what they are for. So you pick up your map and look out the window to try ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 15 2022 - 10:23am