Military Letters
Wartime correspondence from soldiers, commanders, and civilians caught in the midst of conflict.
2 letters in this category
World War I
Military
Letter from the Western Front
Wilfred Owen → Susan Owen (Mother)
It is a great life. I am more oblivious than alas! yourself, dear Mother, of the ghastly glimmering of the guns outside.
October 4, 1918 • France
World War II Era
Military
Letter on the Atomic Bomb Decision
Harry S. Truman → Samuel McCrea Cavert
I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and their murder of our prisoners of war. The only language they seem to understand is the one we have been using to bombard them.
August 11, 1945 • Washington, D.C.