Sid's Letters and Diary archive
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- Introduction
- Sept 7, 1917 (Camp Custer) Letter Home: Arrival at Camp
- Oct 10, 1917 (Camp Custer) Postcard
- April 15, 1918 (Camp Custer) Letter Home: hoping for six day furlough
- June 25, 1918 (Camp Custer) Letter Home: preparing to leave
- July 18, 1918 (Camp Custer) War Diary: Moving out
- July 17, 1918 (Camp Mills) War Diary: arrive hungry and wet
- July 18 to 25, 1918 (Camp Mills) War Diary: keeping busy
- July 28, 1918 (Camp Mills) Postcard Home
- July 28, 1918 (Camp Mills) War Diary: Sleepless night
- July 30, 1918 (Hoboken, N.J.) War Diary: Point of departure
- July 31, 1918: (N.Y.Harbor) War Diary: pulling out to sea
- Aug 1, 1918 (Atlantic Ocean) War Diary: seasick
- Aug 3, 1918: (Atlantic Ocean) War Diary: fair weather
- Aug 4, 1918 (Atlantic Ocean) War Diary: cold & windy
- Aug 5 to 9th, 1918 (Atlantic Ocean) War Diary: onboard options
- Aug 9, 1918/ Friday (Atlantic Ocean) War Diary: destroyer convoy
- Aug 10, 1918 (Iceland, Scotland) War Diary: land in sight
- postcards sent upon arrival
- Aug 11, 1918/ Sunday (Liverpool to South Hampton) War Diary: first 'rest' camp
- Aug 12, 1918 War Diary: embarking for France
- Aug 13, 1918 (Le Havre) War Diary: another 'rest' camp
- Aug 14, 1918 War Diary: stuffy little boxcars
- Aug 15, 1918 (Messac) War Diary: Breaking orders
- Aug 16, 1918 War Diary: slaughter house rats
- Aug 17-19, 1918 War Diary: drills and swimming
- August 19, 1918 Letter Home: first impressions of France
- Aug 20, 1918/ Tuesday War Diary: sick from heat & water
- August 21, 1918/ Wednesday War Diary: learning French
- August 22, 1918/ Thursday War Diary: Heat and too much cider
- Aug 24, 1918/ Saturday War Diary: hay stacks versus rats in the billet
- August 25, 1918/ Sunday (Maure) War Diary: setting up camp, celebrating
- August 26, 1918/ Sunday (Camp Coetquidan) War Diary: weary from marching
- August 27, 1918 Letter Home: news from France
- Sept 9, 1918/ Monday War Diary: after drilling, a minstrel show
- Sept 13, 1918/ Friday War Diary: firing 322 F.A. guns
- Sept 14 & 15, 1918 War Diary: drawing ordnance
- Sept 17-25, 1918 War Diary: dangers of the firing range
- Sept 25th, 1918 Letter Home: Saginaw friends wiped out, artillery training
- Sept 26-28 War Diary: more men to the hospital
- Oct 1-19, 1918 War Diary: calm before the storm
- Oct 20, 1918 Letter Home: before leaving for front
- Oct 22, 1918 (Guer) War Diary: loading up
- Oct 23, 1918 (Versailles) War Diary: hears of losses at the front
- Oct 24, 1918 (Troyes to Manois) War Diary: passing troops
- Oct 25, 1918 War Diary: setting up camp, drinking wine and cognac
- Oct 16, 1918/ Saturday (not far from front) War Diary: can hear long range guns
- Oct 27, 1918/ Sunday (Remicourt) War Diary: ready to move to the front
- Oct 28, 1918/ Monday War Diary: cherry brandy
- Oct 29, 1918/ Thursday (Domgermain) War Diary: too much drinking and cold
- Oct 30, 1918/ Wednesday War Diary: first aerial attack
- Oct 31, 1918/ Thursday (Toul) War Diary: aeroplanes and search lights
- Nov 1, 1918/ Friday War Diary: news of Turkey's surrender
- Nov 2, 1918/ Saturday (St Mihiel) War Diary: entering war district, German dugouts
- Nov 3, 1918/ Sunday War Diary: Taking position
- Nov 4, 1918/ Monday War Diary: exploring woods
- Nov 5, 1918 (Boullionville) War Diary: air attacks
- Nov 5th 18 Letter Home: Moving the Front Lines
- Nov 6, 1918/Wednesday (Boullionville) War Diary: gas masks
- Nov 7, 1918/Thursday War Diary: visiting the 65th C.A.C.'s 8 inch guns
- Nov 8, 1918/Friday (Thiaucourt) War Diary: moving to better quarters
- Nov 9, 1918/ Saturday (Thiaucourt) War Diary: shelling and injuries
- Nov 10, 1918/ Sunday War Diary: will Germany accept terms?
- Nov 11--11th hour, 1918/ Monday War Diary: End of the War!
- Nov 12, 1918/Tuesday War Diary: exploring Thiaucourt
- Nov 13, 1918/ Wednesday (Pont a Mousson) War Diary: No Man's Land
- November 20th 1918 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Soldiers returning from front
- Nov 15 to Dec 24: War Diary: Trying to stay busy
- November 27th 1918 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Winding down after war
- December 3rd 1918 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Worries about home; Souvenirs of war
- December 5th, 1918 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Entertainment
- December 18, 1918 (Pont a Mousson) Postcards: War damage
- December 24, 1918: War Diary: Christmas Program
- December 25. 1918 : (Xmas) War Diary: Christmas treats
- January 1, 1919 (Pont a Mousson) Letter and enclosed postcard Home: Rumors of leaving
- January 6, 1919 (Metz) Postcards Home: Metz
- January 11th, 1919 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Last of the Light siblings in France
- January 19, 1919 (Pont a Mousson) Letter Home: Visit to "No Man's Land"
- Jan 26th 1919 (Pont a Mousson): Letter Home: Thinking of the folks back home
- February 4 through Feb 13, 1919: Diary entries: Packing to Leave
- February 15th, 1919 (St. Calais): Postcard Home
- Feb 24, 1919 (Sarge-sur Braye): Letter & Postcard Home: Finally leaving
- Postcard Ocean Transport Service (no date) : Coming Home