The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 1919 02 04
Pvt. Willis W. Wagener's account of coming home in February 1919: weeks of waiting at Brest, shipboard delousing and quarantine, and the liner Celtic steaming into New York harbor. Bands, ferries around Manhattan, and volunteers handing out coffee, cake, and cigarettes greet him at Camp Mills as demobilization begins.
YMCA-Issue Mailing Envelope, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Mrs. J.A. Wagener, Camp Mills, February 4, 1919
Handwritten Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Family, February 3, 1919, YMCA A.E.F. Stationery
WWI Soldier's Letter Describing Homecoming Voyage Aboard SS Celtic, February 1919
Letter Page 'D' from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Dated February 4, 1919, on YMCA/AEF Stationery
Handwritten WWI Letter, February 4, 1919 - Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Describes Homecoming to New York and Camp Mills
Handwritten Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener on Y.M.C.A. AEF Stationery, February 1919