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Posted on June 12, 2022June 12, 2022

WWI Letter March 22, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

David doesn’t have much to say in his WWI letter of March 22, 1919.

 ...  keep reading

Posted on June 12, 2022June 12, 2022

WWI Letter March 13, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

David says that he has nothing to write about in his WWI letter of March 13, 1919.

But he has been transferred to the Police Corps! We know these as “Military Police”.

Here is what Wikipedia ...  keep reading

Posted on June 12, 2022June 12, 2022

WWI Letter March 8, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

In David’s WWI letter of March 8, 1919, he says that he picked up a “Bosch” cartridge case.

First, I had to research to see what he meant by “cartridge case”, and this ...  keep reading

Posted on June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

WWI Letter March 3, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

Doughboys - David Jesse Shumaker

Did you know that David Jesse Shumaker wrote poetry? Read the poem that he wrote to his family in this WWI Letter of March 3, 1919!

In the photo of the four Doughboys at the top of the page, David Jesse ...  keep reading

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

WWI Letter February 18, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

IN DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER’S WWI LETTER OF FEBRUARY 18 1919, HE WRITES, “I HAVE REC’D JUST ONE LETTER FROM YOU SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE AT RUILLE ...  keep reading

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

WWI Letter February 14, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

France. January 1917. Australian troops cross over a snow covered trench bridge near Willow Siding at Mametz.

IN DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER’S WWI LETTER OF FEBRUARY 14 1919, IT’S COLD AND SNOWY IN FRANCE FOR THEIR RECENT THREE-DAY MARCH! BUT THE WEATHER IS WARMING ...  keep reading

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

WWI Letter February 5, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

HERE’S DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER’S WWI LETTER OF FEBRUARY 5, 1919, THAT DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER WROTE HOME TO HIS BROTHER LEE AND SISTER AZEL.

He congratulates Lee on the quality of his artistic ...  keep reading

Posted on April 16, 2022April 16, 2022

AUTOBIOGRAPHY | Original Writings by Catherine Shumaker Brinson vol. 2

YOU’VE SEEN THE FIRST VOLUME OF CATHERINE’S ORIGINAL WRITINGS, A BOOK OF POEMS PUT TOGETHER AND TITLED BY CATHERINE. NOW WE GET TO START THE SECOND ...  keep reading

Posted on April 16, 2022April 16, 2022

WWI Letter February 3, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker

IN DAVID’S WWI LETTER OF FEBRUARY 3, 1919, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH HE WRITES TO THE FOLKS AT HOME COMPARED TO THE OTHERS IN HIS COMPANY.  HE SAYS THAT HE ...  keep reading

Posted on March 5, 2022January 22, 2023

William Dixon Ivey Scrapbook page 5 – 5th World Scout Jamboree (1937) in Holland!

WILLIAM WAS INVITED TO BE ONE OF THE 2,500 AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS TO ATTEND THE 5TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE IN VOGELENZANG, BLOEMENDAAL, HOLLAND!

I don’t know how it was decided which of the 25,000 or ...  keep reading

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