Charles Stevenson letter to Folks - December 2, 1918
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[YMCA letterhead] [December 2, 1918] My Dear Folks: I believe my last letter to you was from Belgium. This afternoon I greet you from Luxemburg - the country, not the city. Today we passed within two kilometers of the city and could see the towers and church spires from the distance. We entered Luxemburg on November 30, - 11:17 a.m. on a cool day. This is a beautiful country - of that there is no question. The magnificent forests are unequalled in America, while the roads over here are far, far better than those of ours. Its a good thing this war isn
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Perhaps you are interested in how we are travelling. We carry all our equipment on our back - half of a tent, one blanket one suit of heavy underwear, socks, towels, toilet articles, hard tack, corn beef and anything else we so desire. We get into a town between noon and 3 p.m. generally. Our advance man steers us into our quarters for the evening. We sure sleep in funny places. Tonight the entire platoon of forty men is in a hay loft. Just picture forty men in the loft of our barn, with about six feet of hay and one ladder to go up and down on - and you have us doped out for the evening. Last night we were in a small theatre - part of the men were on the stage; some were on the floor of the parquet; Kenneth and I spent the night in the balcony. The night before that we slept in a bed in a real room. Tonight Marmon and I are in the back room of somebody
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Well, after we get good an sleepy somebody comes along and says -
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Folks - December 2, 1918 |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Letter to Folks. 02 December 1918. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote this letter to his grandparents and stated that he was in Luxemburg and described the country. Stevenson enlisted in Kansas City, Missouri and became attached to Company A, 314th Engineers at Camp Funston, Kansas. Stevenson was shipped overseas on June 12, 1918 where he remained for the duration of the war. He arrived back in the United States on May 26, 1919. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 314th |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1979.24; 1982.202 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | December 2, 1918 |
| Language | English |