Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma Monday evening - n.d.
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Monday evening. My Dear Grandma: I
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have written sooner. There is not a thing wrong. The letter I wrote yesterday tells everything. Your letter (S.D.) came at noon today. I would have wired you at once but we cannot leave the building because of the quarantine and no messenger boy passed near the barracks so it was impossible to get any word to you. We were outdoors all day long - from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., digging dirt out of the ground. We can work, it seems, but we cannot
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play - such is army life! Never worry as to whether I am warm or not. Always do I keep warm! I
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ever use that helmet I sent! Thanks for [Maurice
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma Monday evening - n.d. |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Letter to Grandma. n.d. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote to his grandma about army life and the quarantine. 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; Camp Funston (Kan.); Quarantine; Meningitis, Spinal |
| 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 | n.d |
| Language | English |