Hey Jow Forums, I have my great great grandfathers ww1 aef journal from when he was in france. Some cool stuff in here, anyone interested in a good thread for a change?
AEF WW1 Journal
Christopher Harris
Ryder Hernandez
Bump
Josiah Butler
Alexander Young
Cool shit user. Bump
Liam Ross
inside cover
Kevin Thompson
Hell yeah man, post away
I had some pics of old German WWII letters that a few buddies of mine found in the library at our college
I posted them on Jow Forums for help translating, basically just the guy writing his wife saying don’t forget to feed the chickens while I’m gone and that he’d be home and the war would be won before Christmas (press F)
This stuff is super cool to me so definitely post what you’ve got
Nolan Perry
Brayden Foster
Thats awesome, here's a little ball-tickler for ya. Trench and dugout diagram at the back of the notebook.
Lincoln Nelson
Nathaniel White
This is some good shit OP.
Owen Cruz
Officers with amputations.
Brody Taylor
I wish I had learned to read cursive :(
How are you storing this user? I collect antique books, if you want advice on keeping it safe.
Jason Gomez
yes please, any advice would be greatly appreciated. also, oui oui.
Chase Kelly
Crown Prince troops from the Russian Front
Luke Morales
Xavier Clark
Kevin Cruz
Jacob Ward
Trench
Samuel Bailey
Artillery
Colton Harris
>400m
Trench warfare is fucking brutal
Caleb Morris
Ze Planes!
Jayden Walker
Feel free to post other ww1 content, we can make this a thread.
Nathaniel Hughes
Strong point sketch
Luis Bell
Wounded
Jonathan Roberts
you can look up images on cursive letters. as long as it isn't russian cursive (near bullshit levels of differences to where my mother wondered why even have cursive)..it's okay
also, op, im saving these pics as this is some cool stuff. mother's grandfather or grand uncle fought in the great war, died in WWII with the resistance.
Brandon Jackson
Officer who throws hand grenades 70 meters +
Austin Gray
KOBE
David Sanchez
TANKS!
Caleb Ross
Best one in the journal, newly issued rifle-grenades
Ayden Cox
Trenches
Blake Walker
French Autographs?
Thomas Walker
Close Call
Wyatt Jenkins
French Provided Provisions. That's all the ones I'm posting for now, hope you guys liked it.
Cameron Reed
Consider getting them digitalized and the text transcribed for better legibility. Also, for old books, the pages and spine could be very vulnerable especially since the glue gets so dry, although this one seems to just be stapled, that's great for scanning isnce you can easily take them out, scan the sheets and carefully manually (not with a stapler) stick a new one back in the holes and bend to hold them together again.
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Look up book preservation methods, I'm sure there's better ways than just sealing it in a ziploc bag, this is the kind of stuff that would make a great heirloom to be passed down the family. And of course, investigate the units and locations, etc mentioned, once you got the book digitalized you can add those as footnotes so future family readers can know what they all mean. Personally I think it'd be pretty boss to hold the original in one hand, and a modern "cleaned up" printed version with annotations and such in the other hand, you get to read and understand the book fully without disturbing the original as much as possible
Daniel Collins
this is a good idea OP
James Gutierrez
>alcohol in provisions
>hot diggity dog.wave
seriously though, this has been nice op. better than the other shit we have
Xavier Lewis
I appreciate the advice and will do that. I actually got all this stuff from my grandmother who had it in her attic. Got a bunch of medals and pictures from her too. Made a shadow box to preserve it. It has his North Dakota national guard badges, NRA sharpshooter and american legions pins, pistol and rifle expert badges. The newspaper clip on the right is a picture of him and a buddy in a forward observation trench in France. Just haven't gotten to preserving the journal yet.
Ryder Cox
The blue medal on the right in the center is a French legion of merit and in the picture up top he is the guy with the line drawn down to him. Definitely didn't have to worry about going hungry in the trenches haha