Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - May 13, 1918
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May 13, 1918 Dearest Mother, [censor’s stamp] I have a pretty clear remembrance of this day last year. I smashed up Gene's Ford in the morning. We had a little party. I left in the middle of it not the proper way to treat guests but I didn't care. I got a package containing playing cards and sugar. The cards are just what
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I wanted. I am sending the sugar to May Birkhead civilians have such a hard time getting any. I am going to send you a bunch of requests for things not that I need anything now but for future use. It was you, I suppose, who sent the cards. If not thank whoever it was for me. This part of France is certainly most beautiful
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at this time of year. The roads around here remind me of Bay St. Louis white ribbon like and always the rows of tall trees on either side. We are in a little river valley you couldn't imagine a more peaceful looking place and not the name of that river is one of the two actions that stands for the great fighting of this war. It's a funny world. Jack Carter came around to tell me goodbye the other day. His section is moving to a particularly nasty sector and is famous for its mud. Did I mention that on the 11th I received four letters from you two dated April 16 and April 22nd. Lots of love, Towner
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| Title | Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - May 13, 1918 |
| Creator | Phelan, Sidney Towner |
| Source | Phelan, Sidney Towner. Letter to mother. 13 May 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 mentioned sugar rationing and described the beautiful area of France he was located in. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; Rationing |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A1209 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | May 13, 1918 |
| Language | English |