TRANSCRIBED FROM THE LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT JANUARY 9. 1919 P. 7
My Dear Daddy:
In compliance with the request of the Stars and Stripes, our A.E.F. paper, making every man in the A.E.F. to write to his daddy, if he has one, and tell him how we won the victory and where we are at present, I will attempt to do so.
First, I wish to state I would have written you before now, but I've always written to mother and the children and there was no necessity for the other.
I am at present in the city of Paris where I have been for several weeks. I am taking a good long rest and seeing the city, taking in all the good shows and paying a great deal of attention to things that are worth while. I am seeing the Beaux Arts buildings and gardens, that other people pay thousands of dollars to see. I am taking advantage of every opportunity that comes before me, so I will have something to tell you when I come home. Now as to how we won the victory, it was through cooperation of all of you at home in helping to bring about such a great war machine--one that Germany will never be able to overcome. And, with our president being such a cool man, the fighting spirit the allies had in the last days of the war. As soon as the kaiser realized all of these facts, he quit and the Germans had no leader, so the victory came to us.
There are two great consolations I have always had since we went into the war. We went in to fight for the right and the right always wins. The wrong may come out strong for awhile, as Germany did for some time, but it will not always last. The other consolation is that the United States never was whipped.
Some people of this country think the U.S. will take part of their country, and the question is often asked me, what part the U.S. will take? I tell them we don't want any of their country, that we did not come into the war to annex any territory. They often say, "do you mean to say the U.S. came into the war without any intention of getting something out of it?" It makes my heart overflow with joy I can't express to inform these people that we came into the war to fight for Christianity and humanity, for the freedom of land and sea, and it makes the blood of every true American boil when he thinks of the way the Germans treated the women, children and helpless old men of Belgium and northern France. But the huns got part of theirs. I am glad I lived to see the great victory and the people of Belgium and France free from the brutal huns.
I trust I will be able to take my Easter Sunday dinner in the Easter home. We won't know how soon we will be back, but we are sure it will not be a great while after the peace plans are all fixed.
I will bring this letter to a conclusion, wishing all of you a merry Xmas and happy New Year.
While my chair in the family circle is vacant, I will be with you in heart and mind.
As every, your son,
Charles.
Sgt. P.C. Easter, Hdqs, Cd.,Med. Dept., A.P.O. 792, A.E.F.
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TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
My Dear Daddy:
In compliance with the request of the Stars and Stripes, our A.E.F. paper, making every man in the A.E.F. to write to his daddy, if he has one, and tell him how we won the victory and where we are at present, I will attempt to do so.
First, I wish to state I would have written you before now, but I've always written to mother and the children and there was no necessity for the other.
I am at present in the city of Paris where I have been for several weeks. I am taking a good long rest and seeing the city, taking in all the good shows and paying a great deal of attention to things that are worth while. I am seeing the Beaux Arts buildings and gardens, that other people pay thousands of dollars to see. I am taking advantage of every opportunity that comes before me, so I will have something to tell you when I come home. Now as to how we won the victory, it was through cooperation of all of you at home in helping to bring about such a great war machine--one that Germany will never be able to overcome. And, with our president being such a cool man, the fighting spirit the allies had in the last days of the war. As soon as the kaiser realized all of these facts, he quit and the Germans had no leader, so the victory came to us.
There are two great consolations I have always had since we went into the war. We went in to fight for the right and the right always wins. The wrong may come out strong for awhile, as Germany did for some time, but it will not always last. The other consolation is that the United States never was whipped.
Some people of this country think the U.S. will take part of their country, and the question is often asked me, what part the U.S. will take? I tell them we don't want any of their country, that we did not come into the war to annex any territory. They often say, "do you mean to say the U.S. came into the war without any intention of getting something out of it?" It makes my heart overflow with joy I can't express to inform these people that we came into the war to fight for Christianity and humanity, for the freedom of land and sea, and it makes the blood of every true American boil when he thinks of the way the Germans treated the women, children and helpless old men of Belgium and northern France. But the huns got part of theirs. I am glad I lived to see the great victory and the people of Belgium and France free from the brutal huns.
I trust I will be able to take my Easter Sunday dinner in the Easter home. We won't know how soon we will be back, but we are sure it will not be a great while after the peace plans are all fixed.
I will bring this letter to a conclusion, wishing all of you a merry Xmas and happy New Year.
While my chair in the family circle is vacant, I will be with you in heart and mind.
As every, your son,
Charles.
Sgt. P.C. Easter, Hdqs, Cd.,Med. Dept., A.P.O. 792, A.E.F.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD