Letter from John M. Baker to Dr. W.E. Simonds

Letter from John M. Baker to Dr. W.E. Simonds

The armistice was signed, and John M. Baker, member of the class of 1919 and future faculty member, was taken aback: "Dear Doctor Simonds: Every time I ever went to a fire it was extinguished before I arrived. Every time I ever got to go on a football trip the game was called off, and - " He expresses his surprise about the war being over: "I could not realize, we cannot realize yet - that our war had fizzled out too…. The big question now is when can I pick up the tangled ends of my education and finish spinning it out. I don't care what the Civil war fellows did, I want to come back to Knox."

World War I; First World War; Armistices; Soldiers;

Baker, John M.;

13.5 x 21.0 cm

eng

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WWI-455; WWI-456;

1917-1918