The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten WWI Letter Page, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener — 'Letter 8,' Page C, Referencing the Second Battle of the Marne

Handwritten WWI Letter Page, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener — 'Letter 8,' Page C, Referencing the Second Battle of the Marne

In this 1918 letter, Private Willis W. Wagener describes his unit standing alert during the German offensive along the Rheims-Chateau-Thierry front, part of the pivotal Second Battle of the Marne, and recounts his volunteer transfer to a new unit through a Replacement Company organized at Angers, France. Project: 218270