To the Folks Back Home: Echoes of the Great War

By Mansfield Area Historical Society

To the Folks Back Home reveals stories of life in the trenches and combat experiences through personal letters. Feel the connection and support of the citizens and families back home with sons and neighbors who went off to war.

"I don't like to work on Sunday, but I am in the Army now and not behind the plow." -- Roy Hensley

"Well, I have sure got three good friends: my 45, my gas mask, and steel hat. My hat protects my head, my mask - my lungs, and my 45 gets the Hun." -- Ira Stout

"Last night there was a German airplane come down close enough to the ground that you could have hit him with a rock..." -- Frank Hoover

"I had the influenza and oh, boy, it sure got my goat. There has been over a thousand of the boys here died." -- James Cameron

"Things are higher here than milk was when the cow jumped over the moon." -- Marvin H. Dennis

Letters, the primary form of communication during The Great War, kept our soldiers present in their families' lives. The letters carried home tales of war, minus the details. Despite the sometimes desperate situations they endured, these brave men often tempered their correspondence with a dose of humor, offering reassurance To the Folks Back Home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1964559820
• ISBN13: 9781964559827
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Paperback Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"