This handwritten page, part of a longer letter home, was written on American YMCA stationery issued to soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Composed in the uncertain weeks after the November 1918 Armistice, it reflects the frustration of a soldier awaiting demobilization orders — organized into 'casual units,' with no clear word on return to the United States, and no pay or mail arriving. Letters like this one, from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to his son, offer an intimate window into the long, tedious wait American troops endured before finally coming home from the Great War. Project: 218262