Comments on: Neufchateau, France 12/26/1917 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/neufchateau-france-12261917/ Letters Home from a Yankee Doughboy 1916-1919 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: CoonDawg @ Austin Tejas http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/neufchateau-france-12261917/#comment-3877 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:12:39 +0000 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/?p=3118#comment-3877 … You could tell this young man was educated, homesick and experiencing adventures of an entire lifetime simultaneously …. He was a great letter writer too.

]]> By: Shawn http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/neufchateau-france-12261917/#comment-133 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:52:17 +0000 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/?p=3118#comment-133 A very interesting letter home. I’ve seen other letters from this period from the 26th Division, and several make comment on their abundance of sugar “over there” while at home there seems to have been a shortage or rationing of sugar. I believe most of the letters written to the soldiers bemoaned the fact that parents could not easily bake cakes or send home-made fudge overseas.
I would also share the fact that mail and packages destined for the troops in the last half of December was intentionally held up so that it could be delivered on Xmas day.
Finally, it seems Sam is probably using some of the patriotic stationary supplied by the YMCA. This had US flags on the envelopes and stationary and was given out to the soldiers at YMCA “huts” during the war. The YMCA was much appreciated by the troops for their work in making life more comfortable when the troops were not “in the line” (trenches).

]]> By: worldwar1letters http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/neufchateau-france-12261917/#comment-123 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:05:03 +0000 http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com/?p=3118#comment-123 Dear Readers:
Please refer to the page “Sam’s References Explained” for an entry referencing “Bingville Band and S.B.”

Regards,
REL

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