The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 14
Letter No. 14, written August 21, 1918, finds Pvt. Willis W. Wagener of the 30th Engineers sheltering from German shellfire in a converted wine-cellar dugout he calls a cave dweller's home. He describes a town's civilians evacuating, moonlit nights ideal for enemy air raids, the need to stay hidden from observation balloons, and his recovery from dysentery — with one passage naming a wounded comrade cut away.
WWI Envelope from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Co. B, 30th Engineers, A.E.F. France, to Mrs. J. A. Wagener, Ceres, California (1918)
WWI Letter No. 14, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Family, August 21, 1918 — Page 1
WWI Personal Correspondence, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Letter Series, Page 14C
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page 4, Private Willis W. Wagener to Family — Description of French Building and Front-Line Duty, Dated August 22nd
Handwritten WWI Letter Page — Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Letter 14 (Page E)
WWI Handwritten Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener - Letter 14, Page F: Front-Line Conditions, Civilian Evacuation, and Night Air Raids
