Charlie Stevenson Tuesday letter to Grandma - n.d.
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[Camp Funston] Tuesday Dear Grandma: I sneaked out today and mailed you two groups of clothing - most of which is dirty. I sent it from the Y. M. C. A. Please hurry me back a suit of underwear and some socks. The rest can be sent at leisure. If you have any indelible ink or any kind of marking it I would like to have you put on everything you send: Stevenson A-[314 Engineers] 5 The 5 stands for my company number. We are still in quarantine but we expect to be out by tomorrow at the latest, but you never can tell about this crazy place. My ankle is rapidly coming around in shape and by Friday I
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By some unusual hook or crook I have kept off of it since Friday nite. All it needs to become normal is - rest x Your letter came - thanks. The handkerchief was a surprise. Love to you One of the men of our company died of pneumonia yesterday. The funeral was today. I did not get to go but the fellows told me that the funeral was sure a misfit x
Details
| Title | Charlie Stevenson Tuesday letter to Grandma - 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 this letter to his grandma about some dirty laundry he had sent her and how a man in his company died of pneumonia. 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 |