To the Folks Back Home

Name: To the Folks Back Home
Brand: Paperback Press
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To the Folks Back Home reveals stories of life in the trenches and combat experiences through personal letters. Feel the connection and support of the citizens and families back home with sons and neighbors who went off to war.
"I don't like to work on Sunday, but I am in the Army now and not behind the plow." -- Roy Hensley
"Well, I have sure got three good friends: my 45, my gas mask, and steel hat. My hat protects my head, my mask - my lungs, and my 45 gets the Hun." -- Ira Stout
"Last night there was a German airplane come down close enough to the ground that you could have hit him with a rock..." -- Frank Hoover
"I had the influenza and oh, boy, it sure got my goat. There has been over a thousand of the boys here died." -- James Cameron
"Things are higher here than milk was when the cow jumped over the moon." -- Marvin H. Dennis
Letters, the primary form of communication during The Great War, kept our soldiers present in their families' lives. The letters carried home tales of war, minus the details. Despite the sometimes desperate situations they endured, these brave men often tempered their correspondence with a dose of humor, offering reassurance To the Folks Back Home.

Product details

Number of Pages:: 178
Release Date:: 2025-09-11
Publication Date:: 2025-09-11
Publisher:: Paperback Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1964559820
ISBN13:: 9781964559827
Weight:: 939 g
Height:: 221 cm
Width:: 286 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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