Floyd Boyce Phillips was one of millions of boys from the United States who were sent across the Atlantic to the Old Country to fight in the Great War. In this series of posts, we follow the 101st anniversary of Floyd’s journey and get glimpses of what was going on at home while he was over there.
Many thanks to Coralee for providing me with artifacts throughout the years and especially for the stack of WWI-era letters that were delivered to me on 31 May 2019. They have provided countless hours of family history entertainment.
– Denise
After a short night of sleep in a real bed, Floyd woke up to his first day in Camp Stuart at Newport News, Virginia.
July 26
“Up” at 6:00 AM and the days doings as usual.
Had considerable policing to do and 36 P.O.D. had the record for the best policed area “here.”
In P.M. all (most all) filled their bed ticks with straw which added to the niceness of that good bed of ours.
After mess we turned in everything but two O.D. suits; 2 suits underclothes; 2 pr shoes, 1 hat, 1 haverrack; 1 blkt; 1 bed rack and 1 shelter half. (Those fellows without straw were out of luck.) Turned in our pants and had to get them again.
Played a little catch tonite.
Next…
Sources:
Floyd Boyce Phillips, “Journal” (Army, 1918-1919).” privately held by Denise Krueger, Rochester, MN, 2019.
The Phillips Family
- Publication date: September 2015
- Pages: 432
- Formats:
- This book traces our Phillips ancestry. It follows the Phillips family from 18th century ancestors in New York to more recent asparagus farmers of Illinois. Five generations of descendants of Wilhelmus Philip are covered. The families of Jacob W Phillips, his son Albert Aveldo Phillips, his son Guy Allison Phillips, and his son Floyd Boyce Phillips are followed in detail.
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