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Below are excerpts from letters written by our Doughboys.
"I am in a Motor Truck Co. in the Army and I expect to be up north soon, as we have everything ready to leave at a moments notice."
"...takes 2 pieces buttoned together to make a tent, your rifle being the front pole and your bayonet the rear."
"...this war is flooded with human nature."
"...lots of ridges around here...you always want to see what's beyond it...may be a Tommy, may a general...may be living, he may be dead..."
"And for my return, I pull no hero stuff...I never sleep in dugouts, I am never bombed or shelled, I don't even stand a chance of starving to death."
"...got into some action...doing bridge reconnaissance...we were ahead of the front lines and I had some narrow escapes."
"...we moved up the trenches about 12 days ago..."
"We are in the 1st Army and that means we will go to Germany..."
"It is a mystery to me how the Tommies get so drunk on such weak beer."
"If you go far enough, and in the right direction, you will find trees that aren't shelled or cut down and sick-like."
"...I may get around to sending you some souveniers...some high explosives...or a few aircraft searchlight beams."
"...was so damned interested in the war ending that I am just writing now...I dont think the French Army will sober up for a month."
"...I buckprivated into the ambassadors 4th of July Reception in Paris...bowed to the Colonels, shook the hands of diplomats and chatted with a countess..."
On the next page is a most facinating letter. It is from a young German to his friend in America. It was written in 1914, about 3 years before we officially got involved with Germany. It is an interesting view of the war from the side of the Germans. Unlike most letters you will read from soldiers, it is not censored. It does contain some graphic descriptions of atrocity. Click next to read it in its entirety.
