"I'm about to go into battle and have instructed the company clerk to send you this letter in case I become a casualty. The receipt of this letter will indicate that I am either with God or a prisoner. Since I will never become a prisoner of the foe, if I remain conscious and able to fight, it is doubtful if I will ever be an inmate of a German prison camp. Do not grieve that I am among the missing, but rather rejoice that you have given a son in sacrifice to make the greatest military caste of all time lay down the sword - to save civilization and to make the world safe. I desire that you view the matter in the light of the Spartan mothers. War was necessary, and although nobody expected me to go, yet some one had to go, some one must make the sacrifice. I volunteered, and have never regretted my decision. Life is not the highest boon of existence. I would like my remains to be brought to America and interred at White Hall. I have provided well for your support, $10,000 insurance policy. Good-bye mother, I will see you in the next world. You may know I died fighting for you, my country, and all that life holds dear" - Lt. Adrian C. Edwards, France 1918 AEF. Adrian would be killed only a few days later. #war #truth