Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - July 4, 1918
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July 4th, 1918 [censor’s stamp] Dearest Mother, Ignoring the fact that the section has been in the field for several years and has had the section flag Steve Pell has given the section a French and an American flag. They are beautiful flags but the date is a little late for them to come this place as flags of the section. However, this afternoon he is going to post
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them to the section and have them blessed and pinned up with the decorations belonging to the section flag. To add to the horror there will be a bunch of women and officers around to witness the inappropriate affair. I am very fond of Steve but I have a feeling of horror toward his habit of parading us around with flags etc. I expect to start on my permission tomorrow or the day after. I can't
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go to Paris though I tried my best to make it. I will go straight to Aix les Bains. From all I hear it is a great place but I don't know anybody there that's my main objection. We are still tied up with the Allentown bunch shoved in on us. Until they go we have no hope of getting a division. We expect them to leave soon I hope so this section has had enough rotten luck. It's time it changed. It's certainly great to hear how well Val is doing. I surely want to see him over here soon. I am putting in a request for a bunch of stuff. Lots of love, Towner
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| Title | Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - July 4, 1918 |
| Creator | Phelan, Sidney Towner |
| Source | Phelan, Sidney Towner. Letter to mother. 4 July 1918. Sidney Towner Phelan Papers, 1899-1960. A1209. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Sidney Towner Phelan, a St. Louis, Missouri native, wrote this letter to his Mother while serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in France during World War I. In this letter, Phelan wrote that his unit was receiving a French and American flag in a ceremony. He explained that he was not happy about it because it was two years late. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A1209 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | July 4, 1918 |
| Language | English |