This letter, dated July 2, 1918, was written by Pvt. Willis W. Wagener to his family while serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during the First World War. In it, he describes recently completing a rotation 'up at the lines' before his unit moved to a new, more active front, and being billeted in an abandoned village house. Personal letters like this one offer intimate, first-person glimpses into the daily rhythms of a soldier's life between combat, illuminating the human experience behind the broader history of the Great War. Project: 218272