A Guide to World War I Letters 1918
A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875 -al
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Preferred Citation
World War I Letters, 1918, in The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession # 10875 -al, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These letters were given to the University of Virginia Library by Paula Dillman, The Book Loft, Flat Rock, North Carolina, on August 18, 1995.
Scope and Content Information
This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of two letters, one a facsimile of the letter, April 1918, King George V of Great Britain sent to all United States soldiers, with envelope, welcoming them to the British Isles as they travelled to fight in France, and an original letter from an American Expeditionary Forces soldier to his sister. The facsimile letter from King George V was received by Robert R. Thompson, 321st Infantry, Company A, formerly of Oneco, Manatee County, Florida. The original three page letter, December 7, 1918, written on American Red Cross stationery, was from "Ray" [Hyeres Islands], off the southern coast of France, to his sister. He mentions seeing citrus fruits and palm trees in southern France, his experience dodging Whizz-bangs (German field-gun shells), preparing for disembarkation, and asks questions about life back in Oneco, [Florida].