The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 10
Letter 10, written in camp in July 1918, as Pvt. Willis W. Wagener billets in a French village newly abandoned by German forces and follows Allied gains near Soissons-Rheims. He describes his gas mask, jokes about an ill-composed portrait by a French photographer, hunts for an English-French dictionary, and recovers from illness with local help.
WWI American Expeditionary Forces 'Soldier's Letter' (Blue Envelope) Addressed to Mrs. J. A. Wagener, Ceres, California
Envelope Verso with Handwritten Numeric Notations - Pvt. Willis W. Wagener WWI Letters, Letter 10
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Letter No. 10, Page C, July 28, 1918
Handwritten WWI Letter Page (Letter 10D) from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page 10E, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener - Description of Billeting in a Formerly German-Occupied French Village
Handwritten WWI Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Page F, Letter 10
Handwritten Letter Page, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, WWI Correspondence (Letter 10, Page G)
Handwritten Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener - Letter 10, Page H