On Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, a young army recruit wrote to his sweetheart back in Brooklyn...
"November 11, 1918
11:30 A.M.
Dearest,
Have just come in from outside where I heard the bells of Verdun (where I am) ring out announcing that peace has been declared or rather that the armistice has been signed. Get ready Little Heart o’ mine it won’t be long now and then a meeting that I have been looking forward to since leaving Southern & Sunshine. It is too early to make any appointments but I’ll keep you posted."
Frank Morrell didn't get back to Brooklyn until June 1919. A year later they were married.
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