George J. Maguolo letter to Father - November 24, 1918
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LANGRES – FRANCE NOVEMBER 24 [1918] FATHER’S LETTER] [small painting of a chateau] Merry Xmas Dear Dad – This is the letter I have promised you and as some of the censorship regulations have been lifted it ought to contain much interesting information. First you will want to know where I am and the places I have visited. A little sheet included in this letter will give you the route of my travels, also those of America so far as I know. Am including a list of dates that you may see the time spent at each place to which my past letters may be suffered. It must be understood that this serves for an outline which I shall fill in when again we meet. From the charts you see that the last I heard from America was from Nantes, while I am now at Langres.
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Enlisted – [November] 19, 1917 Left St. Louis [November ] 25, 1917 [Arrived] Camp Devens [November] 27 Left [Camp Devens] [January ] 14 [Arrived] New York [January] 15 (AM) Left [New York] 3 (PM- [Arrived] Halifax Canada [January ] 17 (AM) Left [Halifax, Canada] [January ] 18 (PM) [Arrived] Glascow Scotland [January] 30 1918 (AM) Left [Glascow, Scotland] [January] 30 1918 (PM) [Arrived] Winchester England [January] 31 1918 Left [Winchester, England] [February] 3 [1918] (AM) [Arrived] Southampton [England] [February] 3 (PM) Left [Southampton, England] [February] 4 Arrived La Harre France [February] 5 Left [La Harre, France] [February] 7 (AM) [Arrived] Blois [France] [February] 8 (PM 12.00) Left [Blois] [February] 12 (AM) [Arrived] Tours [February] 12 (PM) Left [Tours] [February] 13 [Arrived] Chaumont [General Headquarters] [February] 14 Left [Chaumont] March 9 [Arrived] [Saint-Dizier] March 10 AM Left [Saint-Dizier] [March 10] PM [Arrived] Souilly March 11 Left [Souilly] April 9 [Arrived] Verdun-Belville-Douamont [Arrived] Souilly April 11 (AM) Left [Souilly] [April] 11 (PM)
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[Arrived] Muessey April 12th Am [Arrived] Bar La buc [April] 12 pm [Arrived] Choumont [April] 13th Left Chaumont [April] 14th [Arrived] Neuf Chateau – Part St. Vincent Nancy April 15th – 16th [Arrived] Chaumont April 17th Left Chaumont July 17th (AM) [Arrived] Paris July 17 (PM) Left Paris July 18th [Arrived] Toulouse [July] 19th Left [Toulouse] [July] 24th [Arrived] Carcossone [July] 25th [Arrived] Paris [July] 26th Left [Paris] [July] 28th [Arrived] Chaumont [July] 29th [Arrived] Hospital #15 Chaumont [August] 10 Left [Hospital #15, Chaumont] [August] 16 [Arrived] Mars sur Alliers [Hospital] #48 [August] 17 transferred to #35 [August] 30 [Arrived] St. Pariez (Convalescent camp [September] 15 Left [St. Pariez] [September] 24th [Arrived] Bourges [September] 25 [Arrived] Vierson [September] 26 am. [Arrived] Tours [September] 26 pm. [Arrived] Angers [September] 27 (Classification Camp) [Arrived] [Angers] 116th [Engineers] training camp [September] 28th Left [Angers] [116th Engineers training camp] [October] 21
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[Arrived] Tours [October] 21 PM Left [Tours] [October] 25 [PM] [Arrived] Paris [October] 26th AM. (Versailles) Left [Paris] [October 26th] PM [Arrived] Chaumont [October] 27th [Arrived] Langres [October] 27 PM Return trip to Chaumont [November] 16-17 Langres - (Home lets hope) It should not be long before we will be on our way home although Simpson Herbert & I have seriously considered the posibility of staying here for school, the authorities have discouraged it. A trip to Italy is also an impossibility. I need not tell you what a restricted life is that of the soldier, you probably know very well by know. Here’s hoping that all at home is running smoothly with a bright year for the shop. Shall probably be home in February. Shall tell you what we have been doing in another letter. Your son [Corporal] George Maguolo Co. “A” 29th Engineers A.P.O. #714 [censor signature]
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| Title | George J. Maguolo letter to Father - November 24, 1918 |
| Creator | Maguolo, George J. |
| Source | Maguolo, George J. Letter to Father. 24 November 1918. George J. Maguolo Papers, 1917-1945. A0969. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | George J. Maguolo wrote a letter to his dad on November 24, 1918 while in France. Maguolo was in the 29th Engineers Company A and served in France until 1919. In the letter he provided a complete list of the places he had been since enlisting in the Army. Maguolo illustrated this letter with a Christmas decoration. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A0969 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | November 24, 1918 |
| Language | English |