Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Louis Hildreth Quayle Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Quartermaster Corps
- Location of Service: California
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/69370
In the last line of his first letter written to his parents from training, Sergeant Louis Quayle offered his general assessment of military life: "This is not like home." Though stationed just up the coast from his native San Diego, in Arcadia, CA, life in the Army came as a shock to Quayle--and unfortunately things did not improve from there. As his correspondence makes clear, Quayle's experience as a draftee into the Quartermaster Corps was not a positive one. He wrote of the Army's lack of preparedness and chronic supply shortages, and hoped that he might not pass the required physical and then released from service. To his chagrin, he was found to be able-bodied, and spent much of the duration yearning for leave and for home.
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Title
- Louis Hildreth Quayle Collection
Names
- Quayle, Betty J.
- Quayle, Louis Hildreth
Home State
- California
Headings
- - Quayle, Louis Hildreth
- - World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Quartermaster Corps
- Location of Service: California
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1917-1918
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Correspondence [38 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1917-08-1918-12)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [4 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
- Photograph: Original photographic print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1918)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/69370
Cite as
- Louis Hildreth Quayle Collection (AFC/2001/001/69370), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image