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Y'know I like 'history', right?

By The Armorer on August 11, 2004 | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (1)

And that I was an official "military historian" for the Army? I've got an OER to prove it too.

Why do I like that stuff so much? I dunno. I just do. And so, I collect stuff.

Stuff with a history.

Like this letter. Written on YMCA stationary - by a soldier serving with the British Expeditionary Forces in August, 1917. What's really appealing about this letter? Well, the guy is possibly Canadian - but he might be American, one of those who joined before the US got into the war. Writing to his niece - in the US, I think. He's originally from Ireland.

And it talks about all those little things. Fruit. Ice Cream. Weather.

And it's full of really un-PC language.

Enough - read it here. I'll post a pic of the letter later, just to show that it really does exist.

Anybody can shed any light on it - lemme know! I just love this kinda stuff - I got it from eBay for $5. A very well-spent $5 to me!

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Red Ensign Standard from Raging Kraut on August 12, 2004 3:59 AM

This is actually the second installment of The Red Ensign Standard. The first was a post by John at Castle Argghhh! that in hindsight seems like the most obvious good idea: a roundup of postings from what's become known by... Read More

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By security on August 12, 2004 7:51 AM
Use text files, Word documents are unsecure and can contain viruses and more....
 
By John of Argghhh! on August 12, 2004 8:08 AM
True - but I built this document from scratch on my machine and uploaded it to my server - so I know it's a clean document. If you wish to not trust it, you may certainly do that... but this isn't something snatched off the 'net. Anybody wants to download this document and doctor it... well, those kind of people are going to do that anyway. While I take your point... I'm just not that concerned. Somebody wants to enlighten me - please do. And with a valid email address, too, please.
 
By renee on August 16, 2004 3:19 PM
hey that letter sounds interesting. i collect military postcards from 1890 to 1945. Kinda like going back in time to see what the guys liked and talked about. not much has changed. some of them are pretty funny and some are kinda sad.