Abstract The lives of siblings David Stuart (Scotty), and Lillian Scott (Jit), were impacted by war and the military; specifically during World War I. As a member of the Twenty-Seventh Division out of New York, David Stuart witnessed first hand the ravages of trench warfare while with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe; his correspondence vividly details the life of the American soldier. His sister Lillian, or "Jit" as she is referred to kept up a correspondence with many gentlemen who were...