Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - February 10, 1918
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No. 2 March on Poy marR - [February] 10 - 1918. Mother dear. Thank heavens you have started to get my letters. I cant understand why they did not reach you sooner. You all must have had a lovely time deviding the things. I can imagine how Aunt E was. Glad to hear cousin C has calmed down although it did not worry me much. How much is the whole estate going to come to. Can I keep a couple of Pierce Arrows or one oven or a Ford. By the way what has become of Sadie - alias Ellie - . You
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It is to giggle. Besides it isn
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[page 2] Classes. They watch you carefully as you progress to each smaller plane & only the best go through to the fighting planes. The others depending on how far they get are sent into the other branches of the game. You don
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also send lots of films for the camera & keep on sending them you cant get film over here. Get one of those stylographic cameras, the ones you can write on the film. It doesn
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[page 3] keep in touch with her all the time. She certainly was good to me and wants me to spend my first leave there. I
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we get demerits. Also we are confined to the post for a certain time. Not being used to standing formations especially reveille I slipped a couple of times before I got used to it. Consequence
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - February 10, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 10 February 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan Clarke wrote to his mother about his training at flying school and his upcoming furlough. 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; Soldiers--Recreation; Military leaves and furloughs |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 21st |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | February 10, 1918 |
| Language | English |