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Earley, Charles W.

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Chapman University Chapman University Digital Commons Charles W. Earley First World War Correspondence Collection CAWL Archives: First World War 1-1-1918 1918, Charles to Mary Charles W. Earley Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cwearley_collection Recommended Citation Earley, Charles W., "1918, Charles to Mary" (1918). Charles W. Earley First World War Correspondence Collection. 6. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cwearley_collection/6 This Letter is brought to you for free and open access by the CAWL Archives: First World War at Chapman University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Charles W. Earley First World War Correspondence Collection by an authorized administrator of Chapman University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact laughtin@chapman.edu. 1918, Charles to Mary Keywords U.S.A., U.S. Soldiers, correspondence, Infantry, Western Front, artillery, France, envelope, censorship, Massachusetts, postal service, romance, father, death, architecture, soldier slang, military draft, automobile, Worchester, MA, Springfield, MA, women at home, New York, berlin, german soldiers, patriotism, nationalism, racial slur, racial stereotype Identifier 2014.160.w.r_ Earley _worldwarone_missing-missing-missing_006 Comments An exact date is not known for this letter. The year listed is an estimation and may not be accurate. This letter is available at Chapman University Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cwearley_collection/6   [[Nick Dante 10-22-15]] [Earley Correspondence #6]  [[Page 1-Letter]]  [[Image- Flying American Flag]]                 [[image- inverted red triangle in red circle]]   [[Letterhead:       NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL         YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS    OF THE UNITED STATES  “WITH THE COLORS”]]   My Deares Love Mayme     Just a few lines at last we have  arived safe somewhere in  France and it is a Beautiful  Country for all of it we seen  and you Know in your heart  I can’t tell you anything in  this letter not that I am afraid  of you but those letters goes  through a good many hands  before they reach you and  God Knows we need all the  Secrecy we can get from  those g d Germans but say a little prayer for me we will  win our beloved america never  was beaten yet and God will be  with his Brave Americans  soldiers once move to push  them on to victory   God be             [[Nick Dante 10-22-15]] [[Page 2-Letter]]  [[Image- Flying American Flag]]                 [[image- inverted red triangle in red circle]]   [[Letterhead:       NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL         YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS    OF THE UNITED STATES  “WITH THE COLORS”]]    2  with you   Dear tell Willies  wife you heard from me  I will keep your picture  with me at all times  Dear  and if I am Killed it will  be with me just the same   we will face those murdering  huns with the spirit of our  american freedom in our hearts  and we will drive them before  us into Berlin before we come  back   Please ansr soon as  fast as you set it now the  address is Chas W Earley Battery  E 56th artillery A. E. F.  France via New York  and write on one side of the  paper I will send you some  postals soon it is Dark and I can’t  see any more I am writing this out  side. bye bye love XXXX it is summer love 

1918, Charles to Mary

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