The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 17
Letter 17, written from France during the Aisne-Marne fighting of 1918, in which Pvt. Willis W. Wagener describes observation balloon duty, night patrols, and German artillery fire. He watches a dogfight end with a plane falling in flames and a wounded French pilot's landing, then turns to burial customs, commissary lines, and the price of canned fruit.
WWI Soldier's Mail Envelope from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, 1st Gas Regiment, A.E.F. France
Handwritten WWI Correspondence: Letter No. 17 (Page B), September 4, 1918
Handwritten WWI Letter Page, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence, Letter 17
WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Son - Letter 17, Page E: Battlefield Burial Practices
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Son, Letter 17 (Page F)
Handwritten Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener - Page Describing Night March and Shelter in Aeroplane Hangar
Handwritten Letter Page 17H, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener WWI Correspondence Collection
Handwritten WWI Letter Page from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Describing Observation Balloon Duty and Front-Line Patrol, France
WWI Letter 17 (Page J): Eyewitness Account of Aerial Combat, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page Describing Aerial Combat and Division Commissary -- Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener -- Letter 17, Page M
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Son, 'Sept 6th' (Page N)
Handwritten WWI Letter Page from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, France -- Discussing Military Police and 'Yeomanettes'