Cunel, France, October 11, 1918 On October 11 the attack was renewed early in the morning…Progress was bitterly contested by heavy machine-gun fire and by flanking artillery support, as on previous days. During the night of October 11-12, the relief … Continue reading
McKinley (Mac) Austin’s brother was serving in the Panama Canal Zone. Raymond Austin, Balboa, Canal Zone, to Mort Austin, Eldred September 27, 1918 Dear Father, So you will be glad when the last battle is fought. I think we all … Continue reading
McKinley Austin, 11th U.S. Inf. A.E.F., to Aida Austin September 22, 1918 (received Oct. 23) Dear Aunt, I am writing to let you know I am well. So far I have received all your letters. They did not come in … Continue reading
11th Infantry On September 6, 1918, the 11th Infantry left for St. Mihiel. My grandfather Irwin Briggs, a medic, went to the front lines to get the wounded and the dying during the St. Mihiel battle. He would also help … Continue reading
Hunt for Slackers New York’s draft cleanup, the detection and putting into uniform of young men who fooled themselves into thinking that they could save their precious skins by evading the selective service law, started on a prodigious scale. More … Continue reading
Aida Austin, Eldred, to McKinley Austin, France August 19, 1918 Dear McKinley, We have been having a few cold days and it seems good after the terribly hot weather we had. Your dad’s and Uncle Lon’s buckwheat looks fine. Uncle … Continue reading
McKinley, France, to Jennie Austin, Eldred August 9, 1918 Dear Mother, I hope you will pardon me for not writing sooner. But when I had paper, I did not have time and when I had time, I could not … Continue reading
McKinley Austin, 11th U.S. Inf., France, to Jennie Austin, Eldred July 7, 1918 Dear Mother, I got your letters all right. And I got one from Raymond at Camp Merritt. It must be hard for you to see us go, … Continue reading
McKinley Austin in Eldred In March, McKinley had a leave to go home before his outfit left for France, as the next letter indicates. McKinley, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Mort Austin March 14, 1918 Dear father, I got here all right. … Continue reading
In March 1884 Aida Austin was in New York City and received the following letter from her father. The Stidd Family mentioned was probably William and Mary Hickok Stidd, relatives of Mary Ann Eldred Austin, Aida’s mother. William Hickok, also … Continue reading
