“ON THANKSGIVINGS DAY WE HIKED OVER FOURTY KILOMETERS. ALL THIS HIKING WE CARRIED FULL PACKS. BELIEVE ME WE SURE WERE GLAD WHEN WE LANDED IN SIXFONTAINES ...
WWI Letter January 27, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
Catherine May Shumaker’s Baby Book
IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I FOUND CATHERINE MAY SHUMAKER’S BABY BOOK – WITH MY MOTHER’S BABY DATES ENTERED IN MY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDWRITING!
The little book, which measures 4-1/2 ...
WWI Letter January 25, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
“I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I WILL EVER BE AS HAPPY AS I WAS ANY MORE AS I WAS BEFORE I CAME TO FRANCE”, WRITES DAVID IN THIS WWI LETTER OF JANUARY 25, 1919.
In this letter David writes about ...
WWI Letter January 19, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
DAVID SAYS THAT HE FEELS FINE – BUT HE AND HIS WHOLE COMPANY CAUGHT LICE IN THE TRENCHES. READ HIS WWI LETTER OF JANUARY 19, 1919.
Lice and an assortment of other vermin were normal in the trench ...
WWI Letter January 12, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
“WELL, ‘SUNNY FRANCE’ IS JUST A FIB,” SAYS DAVID IN HIS WWI LETTER OF JANUARY 12, 1919. ” IT HAS BEEN SNOWING EVER SINCE YESTERDAY ...
WWI Letter January 4, 1919 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER’S WWI LETTER OF JANUARY 4, 1919 IS SHORT AND THANKFUL. HIS MAIL HAS BEEN HELD UP AND HE FINALLY RECEIVED SOME LETTERS FROM HOME!
I don’t know how long his mail had been ...
WWI Letter December 22, 1918 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
THE DOUGHBOYS IN FRANCE COOKED A BIG DINNER FOR THEMSELVES! WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY MADE? READ DAVID JESSE SHUMAKER’S WWI LETTER OF DECEMBER 22, 1918 TO HIS FAMILY BACK HOME IN MISSISSIPPI.
These ...
WWI Letter December 18, 1918 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
RELAXING IN A FRENCH HOME ON A STORMY WINTER NIGHT, DAVID IS EATING MILK TOAST AND CHATTING WITH AN OLD MAN ABOUT WHAT HE’S READING IN THE NEWSPAPER, LE ...
WWI Letter November 3, 1918 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
AT THIS POINT, IN HIS WWI LETTER OF NOVEMBER 3, 1918, DAVID HAS WRITTEN ABOUT 100 LETTERS TO THE VARIOUS PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE, AND DESPERATELY WANTS TO RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HIS “HOME FOLK”.
I’m ...
WWI Letter October 26, 1918 | LETTERS FROM A DOUGHBOY, David Jesse Shumaker
THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE, GOATS, GOAT CHEESE, CROPS, AND LEARNING TO SPEAK FRENCH ARE DAVID’S TOPICS OF CONVERSATION IN THIS WWI LETTER OF OCTOBER 26 1918. OH, AND “QUEER HOUSES”!
David ...