<p>This episode features Oscar Widener's first letter home from France with information about his trip across the Atlantic Ocean and the letter's recipient, his father, David Campbell Widener. </p>

This episode features Oscar Widener's first letter home from France with information about his trip across the Atlantic Ocean and the letter's recipient, his father, David Campbell Widener.

<p>This episode features Oscar Widener's first letter home from France with information about his trip across the Atlantic Ocean and the letter's recipient, his father, David Campbell Widener.&nbsp;</p>

Episode 6 - October 6, 1918

A project to share and contextualize the letters sent home to Widener’s Valley, Virginia, by my great-grandfather, Oscar Widener between 1918 and 1919 during the First World War. In addition to reading the letters, some background and context are provided.

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Episode 6 - October 6, 1918

Episode 6 - October 6, 1918