Pvt. Patrick Bruton Receives Posthumous Purple Heart

Private Patrick Bruton died in 1952, but his daughter was presented with a Purple Heart recently for her father's heroic efforts in World War I.

Argonne Days

Horace Baker shares his memories of World War I in this book which has been republished. Read about it in the Aberdeen Examiner's article.

Letters

A post over at Maggie Reads made me think about all those cards and letters we used to receive before the advent of e-mail and e-cards. Then I remembered a collection of letters that a friend has posted which provide insight into life during and shortly after World War I by a Mississippi soldier.