Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - March 23, 1919
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St. Nazaire March 23
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[page 2] the station & Gus bangs the box to the edification of Virginia, Fladd and the other girls working there not to mention the hundred and one enlisted men who come in for eats. Gen. Rockenbach sent for me this morning. I thought good heavens what have I done now. He was a great friend of my fathers & we had quite a chat. I also met a Gene McDonald who was in [Arizona] with my father & at Custer. He said he remembered very well that my father.
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[page 3] turned out one day in a pair of white buckskin riding breeches. The commanding officer called him down so you dyed the breeches blue. I think Rockenbach was at Custer too. McDonald lived with my father in Arizona. Rockenbach is an odd enough name for you to place. I don
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[page 4] that the regular life is doing for me. I feel much better although I
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[page 5] I am so we can console each other. It certainly is nice to have an old friend around. I don
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[page 6] Cars so the quintet doesnt walk much. Ever few days we go out to La Baule for diner to a place called Mothers At [ms illegible: 1 wd] we call it that. Its the only real place to eat around here. There isn
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[page 7] mustache & beard I have ever seen but oh lordy boy how he can cook. I even eat eggs by the wholesale but there, so you can imagine and as for cauliflower I always yell for more. It certainly looks like I
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[page 8] stripe. Can you beat it. Gas has run out so goodbye till next time which wont be long. All the love in the world to both of you. Powie.
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[Western Union Telegram letterhead] Check 17 Pd 4.76 Time Filed 05 [January] [Total] $4.81 Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to WA [March] 22 Am 1159 1919 To Cable Leuit P.H.Clark Place St. Nazaire France Signed Clarke New Cochran Hotel
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| Title | Powhatan H. Clarke letter to Mother - March 23, 1919 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan H. |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan H. Letter to Mother. 23 March 1919. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke wrote to his mother about his daily life at St. Nazaire and an encounter with General Samuel Rockenbach. A telegram was also included in the letter. 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; Rockenbach, Samuel D., 1869-; Telegraph |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | March 23, 1919 |
| Language | English |