Letter of World War One soldier on stationery of American Red Cross, U.S. Embarkation Hospital No. 1, Hoboken, N.J., February 20, 1919.
Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0074
Scope and Content
Letter of World War One soldier on stationery of American Red Cross, U.S. Embarkation Hospital No. 1, Hoboken, N.J., February 20, 1919.
Single leaf, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" high; written both sides in pencil. See notes for transcribed text.
The author is only identified by his first name, August, and he returned from Europe on the troopship U.S.S. Leviathan. See notes for transcribed text.
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The hospital name was the wartime designation of Saint Mary Hospital on Willow Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets. Hoboken served as the main Port of Embarkation for the United States Army and the hospital became an Army controlled facility for the duration. When the war ended on Nov. 11, 1918, the Port of Embarkation became a Port of Debarkation which would have been its status in Feb. 1919.
