The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 29
Written largely on American Y.M.C.A. stationery issued to the American Expeditionary Forces, these letters from Private Willis W. Wagener of the 1st Gas Regiment recount his path from Chateau-Thierry to the Meuse-Argonne and his evacuation to hospital. Composed at St. Aignan after the Armistice, they convey the cold billets, crowded mess halls, and long uncertain wait for demobilization.
WWI Soldier's Mail Envelope — Pvt. Willie W. Wagener, Co. B, 1st Gas Regiment, A.E.F. France, to Mrs. J. A. Wagener, Ceres, California
WWI Letter #29 from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, St. Aignan, France, Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1918
WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener — Letter 29, Page C (AEF YMCA Stationery)
Handwritten WWI Letter on American Y.M.C.A. AEF Stationery, Page D, from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener
Handwritten WWI Letter on American Y.M.C.A. A.E.F. Stationery, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence, Page E
WWI American Y.M.C.A. A.E.F. Letterhead – Handwritten Letter Page, November 1918
WWI Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, American Expeditionary Forces, France