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  1. Letter from Darrach, Lee Grant

    is to know the time to get back before daylight. There is not three watches in the company. We can’t ... against a brick wall. They watch you. Send me a watch. Ask Florrie to chip in with you. It is hell on ... sentry going without a watch and especially when I am out on night patrol around the German trenches. It ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  2. Letter from Hutchinson, Willard H.

    write her to-night too. I hardly think I will stay up and watch the Old Year out tonight, if I was home ... pretty soon Mother. It is doing no good that I can see. Pidge seems to be having a pretty decent time ... are true, though I can't see it yet. Must stop now, write as often as you have time. Heaps of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:42pm

  3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    difficult to get along without a watch so I can mark down the time of fall of my bombs. I hate to do it, but ... I a disservice by leaving his job in a war plant to join up and at the same time, he would be losing a grand ... Well, I guess by this time you know that the PP.'s are in Sicily. So are the Seaforth's for ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:12pm

  4. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

    first. I also wrote Austin this afternoon. I was upstairs yesterday for 2 ½ hrs.- the first time since ... students go up at a time. All we do for the first two trips up is find the direction and speed of the wind ... what that was. I went on sick parade this morning for the first time since I've been in the Air ...

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

  5. Letter from Turpin, Geoffrey William Francis

    and there. Nothing much to report since the last time. I was on a short 2 day course last week on ... watch repaired there, and I can order Xmas presents there for delivery in Canada, which is the only ... gent watching me with the sneer is the CSM. Sorry this letter is so dull, and excuse the bits and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 8:59pm

  6. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

    most evenings and have a great time making “de mus.”. I soon hope to visit Helen. In fact I intend to ... again. Say kiddoo why do you not send me my little watch. I miss that watch every hour of the day and ... lost without it. I have not heard from Miss Cunningham lately. The only time I saw her here was once on ...

    Editor - Sep 29 2022 - 9:41am

  7. Letter from Bell, James Bond

    I have a course to finish or I could sure have a swell time. I bought a new watch with the back pay I got ... for my hooks and grouping, a fifty-five buck Omega. It is a good watch I hope. It should keep me on ... the right course etc. I will send my other one home one of these days. Ed I guess could use a watch ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:04pm

  8. Letter from Nelson, Alfred Fern

    I start this miserable note The parcel arrived in fine time & I sure was more than pleased with the ... for the occasion. I'll be sending my watch home for repairs, as it is impossable to get ... replacements for main springs, or any other part that goes wrong with watches in this part of the world common ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:59am

  9. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    is funny watching the snake dance as the train weaves. The meals are very good although some of the ... known as Rivière du Loup. I never saw such a number of good-looking girls. It was funny watching the ... certainly sparkle.  The boys were all regretting their lack of French. The little French bugler had the time ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  10. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    to-morrow morning; so I have not time for a letter; but only for this word to let you know how sweet my ... thoughts of you are, and how my heart yearns toward you every day. May the Lord continue to watch between ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:17pm