The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 19
Letter No. 19, written September 21, 1918 from a French YMCA hut by Pvt. Willis W. Wagener of the 1st Gas Regiment, describing troop trains in the famed "40 Hommes, 8 Chevaux" boxcars. He recounts an overnight march under full pack, distant artillery and night flares along the front, and the constant expectation of sudden orders to move.
WWI Soldier's Mail Envelope – Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, U.S. Army Engineers, American Y.M.C.A. Stationery, September 1918
WWI Letter No. 19 from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Father, September 21, 1918
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener — Page Describing Train Travel and March in France
WWI Personal Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener — Letter 19, Page D
