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August 2nd, 2012 at 11:09AM

Read the full article “Postcards from France: Paul Fussell and the Field Service ‘Form-letter.’”

A standard British Army Field Service Postcard sent from Wilfred Owen to his mother, Susan Owen, on April 5, 1917.

A letter from Edmund Blunden to Siegfried Sassoon, March 30, 1929.

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I bought one of these the other day. I should scan it.
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72 notes Source: budurl.com #World War I #WWI #First World War #Paul Fussell #Edmund Blunden #Siegried Sassoon #Wilfred Owen #The Great War and Modern Memory #Edmund Wilson #postcards #Field Service Postcard

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