George Ludovic Alexander (New Diary Entry)

I thought that this diary entry was interesting because he talks about how he goes on this trip to visit back home and many of his entries are about wanting to go home and how much he misses home. Many soldiers fighting at the time all wanted to go home because it was scary with all of the trenches and the bombs and not knowing when and where you were going to die. As we saw in the video people began to injure themselves so that they could go home. The captains or leaders caught on to this and then started killing the people who did this. All of the soldiers wanted to go back home where they felt safe and where they could enjoy being with their family and the people they loved. It was comfortable for them at home and at war is was the direct opposite of comfortable.

In this entry he mentions "Reba and Steve" and Reba was his sister. From the site with information about his family, I could not find someone with the name of Steve but there were last names like Stevenson which could possibly be connected?

This is what he wrote on December 23, 1917.

12/23 1917
As result of much head work and policy I arrived in Little Rock this date. Sorry Reba and Steve could not be there - but this trip home was a real Christmas present to me. A fellow surely appreciates home after a few months knocking around. I went flying around night and day and couldn't have enjoyed anything more than I did this trip.

Citations:

Diary Entry Found At:

http://www.webmousepublications.com/itow/gla/gla-1917.html