Pvt. George C Berquist

I’m a regular fellow who’s taken up arms in defense of democracy! Follow my journey from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to the front lines of the Western Front!

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@eliistender10 Be kind.

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@TJPayne3333

[This day in WWI @ThisDayInWWI]

July 19 1918 War photographer #DavidMcLellan takes this photo, IWM Q 12087, of the armoury of the 149th Night Bombing Squadron at their aerodrome near St. Omer

1918-07-19
Jul 19 1918
https://t.co/IQtF9v2UbL

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@croonaert

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

#OTD in 1918, George visits the Glen Echo amusement park outside Washington D.C. He's just about a month away from shipping off to France.

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@croonaert Fantastic photo! So much to admire, but I particularly like the fella who’s acting like the boogey man with the pickelhaube!

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@bethanyshondark A really nice primer; it is concise, the prose is fantastic, and it holds no punches.

I happen to be re-reading it this very evening!

[mike bryan @pontymike]

@GreatWarGroup my grandfathers diary from July 10th 1916
"we charged Mametz and took it and held it"

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@JohnBuc08179594 Oh, man. Sorry to hear. Wish I knew what to say, other than it just sucks.

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@baseballcrank Sheesh!

49.

I’ve never seen “Leon:The Professional”! Now I *have* to see it!

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@JimFields2001 @SethLargo One better: recording movies from *broadcast* TV—like Swiss Family Robinson on the Sunday broadcast of The Wonderful World of Disney—and running back and forth to turn off the recording so you wouldn’t waste any tape recording the commercials.

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@ron_eisele Ouch

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

Time travel!

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

A great glimpse at the forgotten aftermath of life life in Vicksburg *after* the city’s fall.

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

@qikipedia

[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

...while George is still in France!

Well, folks, that's all from 1918! As always, if you want to see the original letter in its entirey, please visit: https://t.co/v89lFGQee7

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[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

One of my favorite letters from George, in which he paints a colorful and exciting picture of what it was like training for #WWI in the summer of 1918, in the nation's capital. He describes airships, hydroplanes, bayonet drill, inspection, etc. It's fantastic!

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[Pvt. George C Berquist @GeorgeGoesToWar]

Lastly, "Effie's misfortune" is a reference to George's older sister, Effie Liljenstrom, whose baby boy was tragically delivered stillborn in the summer of '18.

We'll hear more from Effie a little bit later, who will eventually give birth to a healthy baby girl...

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