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1. Letter from Davis, Lena Aloa

   to a battle ship for tea as per previous invitation by the ship’s officers. We had a little time to ... them and they think they are paid very well. In going over the last time we killed a huge snake. They ...

   Editor - Mar 1 2022 - 1:06pm

2. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   time, as at Vimy; but the dead are piled in heaps. On Sunday night we go to the jumping-off trench, his ... I’ll be thinking of you all the time, waiting for the barrage and the signal. You’ll know all about me, ...

   Editor - Mar 9 2022 - 2:02pm

3. Diary from Fowler, Jordan Mott

   the enemy came over in swarms, 20 coming at a time. Sept. 3/18- Hun evidently retired during the night ... noon- pulled out about 2pm & settled near 60th. Zero time for the big offensive is 5:20 am tomorrow. ...

   Editor - Sep 12 2022 - 4:45pm

4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   the Army. For the first time in history an army composed entirely of women is to go to France and ... all times except when on leave over two days and they must wear their hair cut unfashionably short. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 11 2023 - 2:15pm

5. Letter from Leech, John Hillyard

   emotion to be released from the severest restraints at this time. I am sure the splendid courage which has ... anxious mind, and a heart too full of emotion to be released from the severest restraints at this time ...

   Editor - Sep 8 2024 - 1:13pm

6. Letter from Lee, Robina Evelyn

   you can guess that would take some time when there were over 2,000 passengers. However, I was lucky, ... 8.30p.m., so there wasn't time. Now that I'm on this train, I have no more changing to do, thank ... ladder yet! However, there's still time! From Montreal to Winnipeg, the scenery seemed to consist of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Feb 11 2023 - 11:16am

7. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   a walk downtown. It was the first time I had seen London in peace time and the lights aglow certainly ... my train. Well I think this is long enough for one scrawl so will close for this time. Love to all, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:56am

8. Memoir from Selfe, Conrad Anthony

   1800 fet. Other bombers were above and below and to the sides. Just before the time came for my ... inflated. I had only swung a couple of times and then hit heavily by a stone wall and a gravel pile. I had ... to get the parachute inflated. I had only swung a couple of times and then hit heavily by a stone ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 11 2024 - 11:11am

9. Memoir from Forman, Joseph (Jo)

   speed and direction. I would press knobs on each machine (to lock the results) and note the time. By ... departure time was reached along with 30 or more aircraft, especially through cloud. We had 3 minutes leeway ... was time. Naturally we did a lot of pastural bombing. On some targets Pathfinders would drop flares ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:36pm

10. Letter from Mercer, Richard William

    the same time, most soldiers did not wish to worry their parents and families about the realities of ...

    Editor - Nov 30 2021 - 11:03am