0557----WWI letter Gideon retailer Diamon - 21st Engineers - Saranac Michigan, 0557----WWI letter Gideon Diamon - 21st Engineers - Saranac Michigan selling
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0557----WWI letter Gideon retailer Diamon - 21st Engineers - Saranac Michigan, Original letter sent home by WWI serviceman Gideon H Diamon of Saranac Michiganto friend Lester Abbott Dated March.
Original letter sent home by WWI serviceman Gideon H. Diamon of Saranac Michigan,
to friend Lester Abbott. Dated March 19, 1919 from France with original cover included.
I am also including a second cover (no letter present).
Both covers have "passed by sensor" hand stamps and "soldier's mail" notation.
Gideon was retailer a lifelong resident of Saranac.
The letter is 5 pages long and in VG condition.
Content includes army life, leaving for Marseilles, sick with bronchitis,
name dropping of other hometown friends, and most importantly, a note:
"it seems too good to be true that we are going home."
Grave photo and WWI service info NOT included, but the buyer is welcome to print them.