Powhatan H. Clarke letter to his Mother - May 1, 1919
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[Knights of Columbus letterhead] should be No. 52 A.P.O. St. Nazaire date May 1
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[page 2] live in one place and eat at another. If they don
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[page 3] [Knights of Columbus letterhead] Well I had to go back on something else I said. I said I could make the money I had lost but I simply couldn
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[page 4] well the reason for this explanation is that
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[page 5] [Knights of Columbus letterhead] some that is mine. Things are clearing up. You can actually stay in some towns for a day without seeing another American. Some of the bases are closed, others are closing. Its going to be funny when Americans get scarce over here. I wont be able to get used to it but it will make things much better in every way for us unlucky ones. Continued 3.P.M. Well nothing has happened. Some dagone chauffer managed to blowup a can of gasoline and everybody thought it was a bomb. There wont be any trouble here hope it
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de France is the Government Bank but it also does a tremendous private banking business. If I don
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to his Mother - May 1, 1919 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 01 May 1919. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke wrote to his mother Elizabeth about a new regulation that allowed him to take as many three day leaves as he desired. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Military leaves and furloughs; Soldiers--Recreation |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | May 1, 1919 |
| Language | English |