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1. Letter from Neville, Shorey Johnson

   1,000,000,000 pounds. Losses of time during 900 days of war- 100 days. Shipping used for transport of run, ... malting grains, etc., 200,000,000 cu. ft.. Railroads- 100,000 trains of 200 tons each. Land cropped for ... or the army and navy all the time. Britain grows 1/6th of its total food supply. Land used for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:07am

2. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

   our flying is improving you know that we have to stay here till we each have 75 hrs. flying time. We ... take some pictures around here, if we can't we will take them of each other in the air. Quite ... There will be a few of us wash out at the end of 30 hrs. and 60 hrs. At the end of each of those periods ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:41pm

3. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

   didn't do much. We are being trained as a squadron of seven flights each. I am in the seventh flight. Our ... we learned the different movements to each command, in doors of course. This afternoon after roll ... loud. Each afternoon, while we are in the training wing, we have a ½ hr. P.T. and a ½ hr. swim right ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:45pm

4. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   hot in the sun this p.m. All the time, so far, has been spent in getting settled. Each battery has ... a long time while friends were bidding the soldiers goodbye. Some of the fellows seemed to know all the ... sleeping coaches, second class. It took over two cars for each battery. The train had two engines and about ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:56am

5. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   tonight so for this time I shall have to say Good-bye. Your Loving Son I hope you can read this. My hands ... are so cold I can hardly write. Give my love to each and every one of the family specially Dad. Gordon ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:52am

6. Robus, Walter Thomas

   occasions, returning to France each time before his final return to Canada in December of 1918. This ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

7. Letter from Drader, Joseph Earl

   the eleven men were all different ones from what started.  Each relief had to relieve four times and ... it left each man on his post approximately 2 hours each time.  The field officer of the day had to ... a pick and shovel and dug through the walk.  We have a rubber sheet each on the ground with a tick filled ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:04pm

8. Letter from Moyer, Jay Batiste

   you for a long time and have finally succeeded. I like military life very much But it will be very ... had to turn out for church parade and I saw mother for the first time as we were marching in the ... Jack's for dinner back at the armouries at 1:45 and get off again at 5:00. We have 15 min recess in each ...

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

9. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   see each other always. I was leading the formation and was standing up in my seat half the time ... low and so thick that we had to fly as low as 1000 feet most of the time and even then we could not ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

10. Letter from Gray, John Balfour

    Aug 5/41 Dear Folks: Just time to dash of a short note to you to see if this is as fast as the air ... mail which I sent yesterday. Please tell me how soon all these letters and the cable all the same time ... long as I get some each week it is alright. I’ll write again in a few days – hope you are getting my ...

    Editor - Jun 28 2022 - 3:57pm