maybe about 3 times a week
They were often screened like the soldiers couldn't write anything bad about the war to demoralize people back home
During WW1, the activities that soldiers did in their spare were to play cards, write in diaries, write letters home, or take some to sleep. Trenches were very unpleasant places for soldiers because the environment was often muddy and often had the stench of rotting corpses.
every time they pooped
Soldiers were NOT welcomed home with happiness. Soldiers that came home from the Vietnam War were called baby killers and were often spat on.
they had a lot of fights in civil war
The US soldiers fighting in Iraq are allowed to write home to their families. Although, they are not allowed to talk about their battles or where they are just in case the enemy intercepts the messages they won't be able to locate the base our soldiers are located. I know that back in WWII the letters that were sent home were first proofread in case the solider said something that might send any indication as to where their where abouts might be.
most days they would write but I don't know when or if they would have been sent
Soldier's Home was created in 1925.
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yeah they did it because they wanted to let there familt that they were alright when the war was going on
Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was created in 1865.