West, Alfred H. letter - handwritten     On the first side of the letter (recto): "Wellington E. Gordon 1/14/20 Dear Sir Allow me to send a few items that may be of interest to you. We landed at Liverpool England & there entrained for Winchester where we remained for ten days. From there we proceeded to South Hampton [i.e., Southampton] and across the Channel to Le Havre France and then to St. Nazaire where after ten days we received cars and instructions, proceeding to Versailles where we were attached to the French army, there after being known as S.S.U. 580 After five days we started our journey to the front where we were connected to the 74th Div[ision]. French with which we remained three months, later being transferred to the 13th Div. French where we remained until the armistice was signed. The extreme point of our travels was Luxembourg where we remained for six months. We were then recalled to a base camp and after two weeks we proceeded to Brest and after Ten long days" Continued on the other side of the page (verso): "we boarded the Battleship Rhode Island and shook the dust of France from our heels. Sincerely at your service, Alfred H. West"     NOTES St. Nazaire (Wikipedia) -- See section on the First World War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Nazaire#First_World_War Appendix C: Section Reviews, Service in France, continued(The History of the United States Army Ambulance Service, 1917-1918-1919) -- scroll down to SSU 580 http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Smucker/usaac09.html Rhode Island II (Haze Gray. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/battlesh/bb17.htm