The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten WWI Correspondence: Letter No. 17 (Page B), September 4, 1918

Handwritten WWI Correspondence: Letter No. 17 (Page B), September 4, 1918

Page from a September 1918 letter written by an American soldier to his mother during the final months of World War I. The correspondence reflects the importance of mail to servicemen overseas, referencing delays in trans-Atlantic delivery and news from a fellow soldier stationed in France. Letters such as this offer intimate, firsthand insight into the daily emotional life of American troops during the Great War. Project: 218242