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Tell me your name: Robson Martins
E-mail address: robnz30@yahoo.co.nz
Where do you live?: New Zealand
Comments:Very nice. every time a ready something like these letter a few as if I was living during that time.
Thanks!
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 08:43:17 PM
Tell me your name: Marjorie
E-mail address: hookedonmemories@btinternet,com
Where do you live?: Staten Island
Comments:February 4th, 1918

My dearest Eloise,

Seems like every day I'm stuck in the trenches. It's no luxury. Sometimes the only thing to look forward to is the newspaper. Charlie bit the dust Saturday. Walked right in front of our tank as we fired some test artillery.

Oh, well. He's a goner but it was an important reminder to us all.

You know, they have Coca Cola out here! I nearly wet my trousers when they told us.

How's your family? I know they always hated me, but this is my chance to prove myself once and for all.

All these men found a way to be comfortable with me and I with them. Move forward I must.

Whatever happens here, I trust you. I hear you bobbed your hair!!

Keep Blake by the fire...

-Your loving,

Charles
Sunday, April 7th 2013 - 09:43:14 PM
Tell me your name: Nate
E-mail address: not@tellin.you
Where do you live?: NH
Comments:Doing research for a school paper.
Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 10:41:48 AM
Tell me your name: Heather
E-mail address: heatherjoubertbearb@hotmail.com
Where do you live?: Eunice, La
Comments:Hello, I came about your website while in search of my great grandfather and his brother...what a wonderful wonderful site you have! Im 35, and obessed with family history! I tell my grandmother I think I was born in wrong time! Ive been looking so so long online, and Im about to conclude there is nothing!;) She is 88yrs old, and Ive been writing down every story she can think of, and, she dreams of finding a picture of her father, and his brother Douglas. Her father worked on the railroad her in La and died when she was yound. His brother died in WWI, and that is all she knows of him. Their parents died young and raised by their grandparents...and my grandmother as no idea their names. Just where born. I suppose you dont have any good information on websites I could search? I tell you I have a headache from search;) just no good records out there. I oh how Id love to surprise my grandmother but think Ive hit deadend! WWI is hard to research...Ive found of course tons of information on soldiers of WWII..which found more information of my great uncle who was the private pilot for president-elect eisenhower during the war! And found my other grandmothers brother who won medals in the Korean War for his mission he did, and sadly killed in action. If there is any website you could recommend Id be so greatful. Thank you and wonderful reading, I read them to my grandmother and she had tears! People just arent like that anymore! Well, thanks for letting me write and have a blessed weekend.

Heather J Bearb
102 N Tanglewood Dr
Eunice, La 70535
heatherjoubertbearb@hotmail.com
Sunday, February 10th 2013 - 10:39:56 AM
Tell me your name: Maxine
E-mail address: maxine@leveragepictures.com
Where do you live?: NYC
Comments:Hi,

I'm working on a WWI documentary and I would love to include snippets from a couple of your letters. Would that be possible? Thanks.
Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 07:30:07 AM
Tell me your name: S. J. Qualls
Where do you live?: Tennessee
Comments:Doing research on WW1 for a romance (fiction) novel during this time period. I find this site very informative and interesting, also helpful for understanding how long it took the letters to arrive etc. Thank you very much!
Sunday, February 3rd 2013 - 05:52:20 PM
Tell me your name: Danae Burroughs
E-mail address: danaeab15@hotmail.com
Where do you live?: Missouri
Comments:For my history class I had to write a letter that was being sent home from and officer serving in France. I wasn't sure where to start but then I searched for examples and found these. It helped me a lot because I wasn't sure how to put feeling into my letters. I want to say thank you! These are amazing to read, not only for learning purposes but just to gain a better understanding of how things used to be.
Wednesday, January 9th 2013 - 10:15:18 AM
Tell me your name: Daniella
E-mail address: Daniellam@shcroydon.catholic.edu.au
Where do you live?: 8 Juliana ct
Comments:I love this website but I think you should have more letters
Monday, December 10th 2012 - 05:20:03 PM
Comments:very very speacail
Saturday, October 13th 2012 - 06:47:13 AM
Tell me your name: Karen Kerr
E-mail address: kerrkwaterloo@mchsi.com
Where do you live?: Waterloo IA
Comments:I am developing a memoir ( of sorts) about my dad's stint in the Navy during the years of 1926-1930 aboard the USS Marblehead. He wrote letter back nearly eVER DAY to his folks back in West UnikonIA He was 19 yrs old He met my mother when he returned in 1930 as she wa teaching here. BUT my brother and I are the on;y living relatives to see this and myself the only one to read all 2,800 letters!
I was so glad to get this section printed and will read it tonight I on;y have one agent who is interested so far but these 85 year old letters I need to re copy of course but indad's voice so I do bot inerject any thing in these .
Saturday, July 7th 2012 - 01:20:30 PM
Tell me your name: Dustin Rogers
E-mail address: rdustin71@yahoo.com
Where do you live?: New York
Comments:Thanks this helped alot on my history final!
Monday, June 11th 2012 - 05:07:56 AM
Tell me your name: Shannon Quigley
E-mail address: desserttaco101@gmail.com
Where do you live?: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Comments:I am in the 8th grade at St.Katharine of Siena Scool doing a WW1 project for my end of the year exam and we are hanging letters from soldiers on the wall. I cant wait to read them!

Thanks alot,
Shannon Quigley
Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 03:13:39 PM
Tell me your name: Ka'Tara
E-mail address: brownkatara@gmail.com
Where do you live?: texas
Comments:I am doing a project over the war thank you for your help I hope that you are ok
Sunday, March 4th 2012 - 11:22:28 AM
Tell me your name: Theresa
E-mail address: terrimorrow@hotmail.co.uk
Where do you live?: S Wales
Comments:Lovely site.
Thoroughly enjoying reading the letters.
I have added the site to my favourites for I feel the letters should be read at leisure.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 08:34:09 AM
Tell me your name: Theresa
E-mail address: terrimorrow@hotmail.co.uk
Where do you live?: S wales
Comments:I haven't read all the letters as of yet.
However the few that I have I have found very interesting.
So I will be putting this site on my favourites so I can return and read at leisure.
My own grandfather was a sapper with the royal engineers and was serving in France In 1917.
Though I have no photographs, or letters of him during that time.
What a wonderful legacy your Grandfather left you.
How fortunate to be able to read such a human and personal account.
Best wishes Theresa Morrow.
Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 01:59:13 PM
Tell me your name: Louise Chambers
E-mail address: grannybananny@triad.rr.com
Where do you live?: High Point, NC
Comments:How precious are the letters. It is wonderful to have the affirmation that those fighting in WW 1 were born again believers who understood the concept of strength through military victory.
I can see them all together again in heaven. Thanks for printing them. I am a 73 yr old college student. I am doing research for my final history project. It's called, "war though my eyes." I have chosen WW 1. I was trying to find information on a young man named Goff L Shroyer who died during the war. Not too much luck.
Thanks again.
Louise Chambers
Sunday, December 4th 2011 - 04:27:08 PM
Tell me your name: Clavain
Comments:Very touching, I used this in a project for school. Thanks so much for publishing.
Monday, November 21st 2011 - 06:52:35 AM
Tell me your name: Amanda
E-mail address: AmandaaWoodd@gmail.com
Where do you live?: NB, Canada
Comments:I'm in grade 7 and we're doing a remembrance day writing piece. We either write a letter or a poem and i chose letter, so these insirational letters really helped. Thank you Loyd for both the letters, but also for giving your life for our country's freedom.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 12:32:06 AM
Tell me your name: JOan Reed
E-mail address: ejx123@Yahoo,com
Where do you live?: Cuba, Mo.
Comments:My father, Benjamin Peter Sherman wasa member of Company C, 110th Engineers, 35 Division. I have loads of pictures in which you may be interested. Did your grandfather disembar at Hoboken, NJ onApril 19, 1919? If so, I have his piccture, which I wil be happy to share with you.
Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 11:37:16 AM
Tell me your name: Tina Johanssen Dedels
E-mail address: wa@csolve.net
Where do you live?: Beeton, Ontario, Canada
Comments:I love your website. The letters your grandfather wrote during WWI are a real treasure. Would you mind terribly if I reprinted some of them in my small newspaper? It's a country paper which advertises auctions in Ontario and has been going since 1935. Our readers are mostly elderly, and would feel such a connection to your grandfathers letters.
Let me know if this would be okay. I'd love to include a link to your website, so they may enjoy your entire collection.

Yours,
Tina Johanssen Dedels
The Woodbridge Advertiser Inc.
Ontario's Auction Paper since 1935
Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 01:45:24 PM
Tell me your name: Sarah
E-mail address: 07timberlakes@gmail.com
Where do you live?: Fort Rucker, Alabama
Comments:I really enjoyed reading the letters and I appreciate you sharing them. After having been in the service for many years and with my husband still in the service, I can relate to the lonely feelings, writing many letters to feel in touch with back home (before computers). It's amazing what he went through and the enduring long distance love. A true love story!
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 06:47:59 PM
Tell me your name: Amber Barrett
E-mail address: alb11@fpu.edu
Where do you live?: Fresno, CA
Comments:I am doing a Wartime Letters project for my senior project at Fresno Pacific University.
Sunday, July 3rd 2011 - 08:16:15 PM
Tell me your name: Chantal
Where do you live?: Australia
Comments:Thank you, this is a wonderful site
Monday, June 27th 2011 - 11:48:25 PM
Tell me your name: Google
E-mail address: sophiehit@westnet.com.au
Where do you live?: Texas
Comments:my dad went to war
Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 03:06:59 AM
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