Bert C. Ball Letter to Dr. Hans Peter Andersen - June 4, 1917
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Southampton, [England] June 4, 1917 Dear Hans, We reached here this morning from Blackpool enroute to France. We hope to get out to night. We landed at Liverpool after an uneventful 9 days journey. This I will tell you all about later. Hans I wished you were with us! because I am having some great time. Some thing new every day. The prettiest rural sections I have ever seen I saw them in Old England. Picturesque! Almost every thing is different from that of America. The street cars, railways, wagons, The peoples habits, manners speech are all interesting and some times amusing. Hans I am going to send you that change when I get to France. Its scarce now. Bert C. Ball
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[June 9, 1917] U.S. Soldiers Mail. Active Service Mr. Hans Andersen Washington Med. Univ Euclid & Scott Ave St Louis MO. U.S.A.
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| Title | Bert C. Ball Letter to Dr. Hans Peter Andersen - June 4, 1917 |
| Creator | Ball, Bert C. |
| Source | Ball, Bert C. Bert C. Ball letter to Dr. Hans Peter Andersen. 04 June 1917. Andersen, Hans Peter, Papers, 1909-1920. R0832. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this June 4, 1917, letter to his Washington University colleague Dr. Hans Andersen, Bert C. Ball described his journey to England en route to medical service in France. Ball, a Missouri native, served as a ward orderly at Base Hospital No. 21 in France during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Base Hospital 21; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; United States. Army. Medical Corps. |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | R0832 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | June 4, 1917 |
| Language | English |