Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - September 22, 1918
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[September] 22, 1918 [censor’s stamp] Dearest Mother, We are at last attached to a division! And it's one of the finest in France. The whole division has the red fourragere the highest regimental honor in France. Our chasseur division great as it was, didn't have a single battalion with that honor. This division is a Morrocan division made up of born fighters descendants of Mediterranean pirates.How we whooped and yelled at the news. Buried for a year we have come
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to life again the section will have an opportunity to distinguish itself. That is the most important thing but there are other things that count.Instead of staying in one sector we will move around the country. We will get plenty of action and our repos will be spent in good towns way back instead of little mudhole villages near the front. We begin to live again instead of merely existing. I feel as if some uncle
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I didn't know I had, had died and left me a million dollars. Give Val my congratulations on his wings. It's great news. I will write him the first opportunity. We're awfully busy. We were on the road all day yesterday and start out again at seven this evening. By tomorrow we should reach our new division. Lots of love to all of you. Sorry I can't write more but I haven't the time. Towner S. T. Phealn S.S.U. 646 Convois Automobile Par B.C.M. Paris A.E.F.
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| Title | Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - September 22, 1918 |
| Creator | Phelan, Sidney Towner |
| Source | Phelan, Sidney Towner. Letter to mother. 22 September 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 finally attached to a division and that it was one of the finest in divisions in France. The divison was Morrocan and was made up of born fighters the descendants of Mediterranean pirates. |
| 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 | September 22, 1918 |
| Language | English |