A page from a World War I soldier's letter home, part of the correspondence of Pvt. Willis W. Wagener. In this passage, the writer describes recent duty near the front lines behind Infantry positions and catalogs the backlog of over fifty letters and cards awaiting reply, including a handwritten list tracking mail received from family members by postmark date. Such letters offer intimate insight into the sustained importance of home correspondence to soldier morale during the Great War. Project: 218252