Walter G. Shaw letter to Lizzette W. Shaw - May 25, 1917
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Douglas Arizona 5/25/17 Dear Ma - : Dont answer my last letter untill I Write to you again We got orders to pack up and be ready to leave in 5 days I dont know where to nobody does there is a rumor we will go to Syracuse N.Y. then over the water : we are having a pretty Windy day are going to play a concert at the hospital I will be attached to the hospital corps if we go to France. will shure have some hard work 2 divisions of hospital corps left San Francisco for England
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[Page 2] last week One division were stationed here. I am enclosing a photo taken on the way to play the other night lots of recruits are still coming in some have no uniforms they are issued here I hope you are all well I am just fine feel that way all time Climate agrees With me I must close and practise my clarinet a little there is no One to Object to it here. Make Somers practise lots. With Love Walter The fellows are all hoping We get to go across the pond.
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| Title | Walter G. Shaw letter to Lizzette W. Shaw - May 25, 1917 |
| Creator | Shaw, Walter Gray |
| Source | Shaw, Walter G. Letter to Lizzette W. Shaw. 25 May 1917. Walter Gray Shaw Collection, 1917-1919. 1982.83.32. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | In a letter written by Walter G. Shaw on May 25, 1917 in Douglas, Arizona, to his mother, Lizzette W. Shaw, Shaw mentioned receiving orders about relocation and being attached to the hospital corps. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st; World War, 1914-1918--Music and the war |
| Site Accession Number | 1982.83.32 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | May 25, 1917 |
| Language | English |