Life at Camp Funston Reflections of Army Sergeant Charles L. Johnston Charles L. Johnston 1895-1940 Charles L. Johnston was my dad. He died when I was six months old. In a way, his death was an irony. He served during World War One as a member of Ambulance Company 239, 10th Sanitary Train, at Camp Funston (part of Ft. Riley) Kansas. He nursed soldiers during the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, ...

The following letters are from Lloyd Maywood Staley (my grandfather) to his sweetheart Mary Beatrice Gray. Here is Lloyd just before the war in his college football picture. Lloyd proudly wears his army uniform. (Photos courtesy of Marjorie Layton, Lloyd's eldest daughter) Take a look at Lloyd's dog tags. Here's his official army photo. Army City' Garnett, Kansas August 6, 1917 My Dearest Mary, ...