Charles Conrad
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Charles Conrad’s letters are part of the Myrtle Davis collection of World War I letters, which also includes letters from Albert F. Robbins, who was stationed in Europe. However, Conrad was in a different group of men than Robbins who were sent off to war from Barberton, Ohio. Unlike Robbins, he remained in the United States at Camp Gordon, Georgia and he quickly rose through military ranks to become a sergeant. He was able to hold an office job at Supply Headquarters because of his experience from working at his family's store in Ohio. The job at Supply Headquarters reduced his chances he would have to go to the European front. Fortunately for Conrad, the war ended just as Class A, of which he belonged, was preparing to be sent overseas. His war experience was much different than those on the frontlines and Conrad acknowledged that in writing, “I am afraid we are having it a little too easy.”
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