A Poet at War: The Story of a World War I Marine

Otis Wilbra Joslyn, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps on February 20, 1917, at the age of 22, before the US officially declared war. During his training and throughout his time in Europe, Otis sent home letters to his family. These letters describe his experiences during training, his deployment overseas, and offer many stories from combat, the Armistice, and Occupation Force duty on the Rhine. Otis also kept the letters his father and mother sent him during the war. These, paired with Otis’...