Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma Tuesday - n.d.
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[Camp Funston] Tuesday Dear Grandma: You sure are good to me - almost too good for the returns you get. Thank you for that big box of clothes which came today. Those towels were especially welcome. The apples and cakes were good. We have been having poor meals recently and any outside eatables are welcome! If we are not out of quarantine by Thursday I
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time tomorrow. We sure hope so. A letter came yesterday from Paul Vickers. He is in Ann Arbor yet and was turned down for the Reserve Corps because he was going to an engineering school and also because of youth! I
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma Tuesday - 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 and thanked her for her package and told her that the quarantine would soon be lifted. 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.) |
| 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 |