Name/Title
Snay to Kreager letterEntry/Object ID
2024.47.04Description
World War I four-page letter from Corporal Joe Snay to Dr. Herman Kreager. The letter is written on YMCA "on active service with the American Expeditionary Force" stationary and dated Feb. 4, 1919.Subject Person/Organization
Snay, Joseph Febian 1893-1937, Kreager, Herman E. 1883-1939Context
"Anhousen" may be Anhausen is municipality in the Rheinland, a western state of Germany. In the letter Snay recounts lice in the trenches, being billeted with a German family, and comments that Saugatuck was relatively unscathed by the "Spanish" flu.Collection
Military, wars and veteransCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.47Source or Donor
Hatch, LisaAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalTranscription
Transcription
Page 1
Anhousen, Feb 4 1919
Dear H.E.,
How are you getting on these days? I hope you have a warmer job than we have over here. For the last two weeks we have been on the range (lange?) and this week we are back to the old squads right and left again. A couple of weeks ago I wrote home and told them of the swell weather we were having here which was all O.K. but she trak? a reverse and it is pretty crisp out of doors now. Yesterday we had one of those cold fogs and they just eat their way through a fellow. Orders from G.H.Q. say we are to do five hours drill a day and now since the war has ceased thoseTranscriber
Winthers, SallyLanguage
EnglishLocation
Filing cabinet
Files Accession NumberCreate Date
October 12, 2024Update Date
October 21, 2024
