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  1. Letter from Skeet, Frank

    Oct. 16th 17 Dear Mother I can guess that you will be looking for my letter again by this time, as ... I'm afraid I'm a little behind with them, aren't I? But this is really the first time (since ... the last) that I have had time to write you a letter. Anyway, you will have got the Field Card I sent ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:08pm

  2. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    by the time I returned it was quite time to go to bed. I have an awful crush on her, but an officer ... week as usual. We certainly have a good time to-gether & I will miss her a good deal. Thursday we ... 12/4/17, made exceptionally good time and I have orders No 2012 & 2036 all OK. also a letter from ...

    Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 4:34pm

  3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    a lovely one from Bessie Forster and two from Blake, the first for a long time. Now as to what I should ... that I want very much right now for I bought myself a watch on this leave and a lovely pair of oxfords. ... The watch cost 75s and the shoes were 21s. They are both lovely and I am well-satisfied with them. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:51pm

  4. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

    see everything, quite close to the chancel, & we watched choir a church dignitaries, & then ... & we saw the tombs of the kings of England from Saxon times downwards & those of England's ... out today. But no he watched me go through my gymnastics; then he screwed his mouth-up, looked wise ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:53pm

  5. Letter from Donnelly, William Herbert

    and hope. By this time some of my past letters written from Eng. will have answered many things which ... church parade in the forenoon as is the custom. So my time tonight is short. We were inoculated against ... first time practically since we landed) most of the time since we were quarantined and is now fine for ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  6. Letter from Billard, Lewis G.

    for 360 degrees. First I went to the bow, and watched the spray as it slipped back in the wind. The ... ship and watched the turbulant water as it receeded from the ship. The mighty screws seemed like ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:58pm

  7. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

    hen but even my hives gave up. My watch has stopped again I wish you could send me some of those $1.25 ... watches. Hope its not to cold yet. Yours Truly Harvey Army WWII Europe Great Britain Letter from soldier ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:58pm

  8. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

    one to heat some water for shaving this morning. It was the first time and it worked well + fast. Have ... much. However have use for it and anyway you would not have time to send another as the cold weather ... way we came past places that had at one time been battlefields and also places where our battery had ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:34am

  9. Letter from Biollo, Peter Joseph

    They tried to fly in it a couple of times, but the undercarriage froze up and they had to come in belly ... months shouldn’t be long, the way time seems to be fleeting now. I’ll do it if it’s the last thing I ever ... do. Just watch me. It doesn’t sound any too well for Martin as Trenton means “washout” to us. I hope ...

    Editor - Jan 12 2023 - 9:34am

  10. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

    Gerries let him lie in the dirt for hours. We were all watching this and yelling at the guards in the ... Back to the billet in time for brew, lately we have been having a coffee brew. Each combine contributes ... A cool day. While strolling round the Munich- Wog compound we watched some Poles & Ukraines herding ...

    Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:45pm