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Tuell, Porter E. (fl. 1918-1919) to Hazel Reese

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07810.095 Author/Creator: Tuell, Porter E. (fl. 1918-1919) Place Written: Camp Coetquidan, Brittany, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 December 1918 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 17 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to a friend about how news of the armistice was recieved in camp. Discusses coming home and his Thanksgiving. Wishes he could be home with Hazel for Christmas and jokes that if he is lucky, he will be home in time for New Years' 1920! Promises to tell her all his stories about the war when he returns.

Corporal Tuell fought with the American Expeditionary Forces in the Headquarters Company, 141st Field Artillery, 39th Division.

Tuell, Porter E., fl. 1918-1919
Reese, Hazel, fl. 1918-1919

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