TRUMAN RECEIVES LETTER OF COMMENDATION
"I have just finished putting 1800 shells over on the Germans over the last five hours. They don't seem to have had energy enough to come back yet. I don't think they will.
Western Front, France (JFK+50) On November 1, 1918, Harry Truman* penned a letter to Bess Wallace informing her that he had received a letter of Commendation from the commanding general of the 35th Division. He qualified the letter by writing that it was his chief mechanic who deserved the credit.
Truman wrote...
"I have just finished putting 1800 shells over on the Germans over the last five hours. They don't seem to have had energy enough to come back yet. I don't think they will.
I am sure that most Americans will be glad when (the war is) over and they can get back to God's country again."
*Harry S Truman rose to the rank of Captain of artillery and was to be the only POTUS who saw action in WWI. HST said that he "rather felt we owed France something for Lafayette." Capt. Truman was 33 years old & married Bess Wallace in Independence, MO on June 28, 1918.
SOURCES
"Harry Truman in World War I", History on the Net, www.historyonthenet.com/
"World War I Letter from Harry to Bess", Truman Presidential Library and Museum, www.trumanlibrary.org/
Truman-Wallace Wedding
Independence, MO
June 28, 1918
Truman Library Photo
