A page from a personal letter written by Private Willis W. Wagener, a U.S. Army engineer serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, dated April 28, 1918. In this passage, Wagener writes home about the weather, asks after the family's crops, and describes coming across a young giant sequoia tree in a local park -- a small, homesick echo of California amid the realities of wartime service. The letter bears an officer's censorship approval, a routine requirement for all outgoing AEF mail during the war. Project: 218174