The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: LETTER 5
Begun on July 2, 1918, this run of pages from Private Willis W. Wagener of the 30th Engineers describes a rotation up at the lines, billets in an abandoned French village, and the artillery, machine guns, and observation balloons of the Western Front. Censored passages, a Fourth of July reflection, and talk of a Signal Corps spruce-inspection transfer show a soldier's world as he wished his family to understand it.
Censored WWI Soldier's Mail Envelope, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Co. D, 30th Engineers, A.E.F.
Handwritten Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Family, 'In Camp,' July 2, 1918 (Letter 5, Page B)
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page 3 (Letter 5C): Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Son, Describing Camp Conditions and Reflections on the Front
WWI Letter, Page 5D -- Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Describes Frontline Billets and Dugouts
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page 5E, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Son
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener - Letter 5, Page F: Trench Warfare Observations
Handwritten WWI Letter Page - Trench Relief and German Signal Flares (Letter 5, Page G)
Handwritten WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Letter 5, Page H
WWI Letter, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, 'Letter 5' Page I -- Trench Raid Account and Observations of Senegalese Troops
Handwritten WWI Letter Page from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Dated July 4th, France
Handwritten WWI Letter, Page 5K - Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence, Discussion of Signal Corps Spruce Inspection Transfer
Handwritten Letter Page, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener Correspondence, WWI Era (Letter 5, Page L)
Handwritten Letter Page from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to Family — Military News, Homesickness, and Ranch Memories
WWI Letter from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to His Son — Letter 5, Page N: French Food Prices, Home Orchard Irrigation, and Enlistment Explanation
