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WWI Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Father, St. Aignan, France, November 24, 1918

WWI Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Father, St. Aignan, France, November 24, 1918

Written from St. Aignan, France on November 24, 1918 -- less than two weeks after the Armistice -- this letter from Private Willis W. Wagener to his father describes life at a Replacement Camp and the slow, uncertain process of returning to his unit now that the fighting had ended, offering a personal window into the immediate aftermath of World War I for American troops still overseas. Project: 218170