Letter. 17 December 1918.

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Letter. 17 December 1918.

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Letter from Sgt. Caster in Minorville, France to his mother describing the atmosphere at the end of the war. He writes: "We were on the front when the war ended," and "it was such a grand and glorious sight to look at the defeated Hun." Caster expresses his relief and his anxiety to return home. Of the mood at home he writes, "They all seem to think we had a grand picnic in the trenches."

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