Letters from a Sailor: America at War 1917-1918

Letters from a Sailor, based on 85 letters written by Conrad Lyman Ostroot, a sailor in the U. S. Navy during World War I, paints a vivid portrait of wartime America in 1917 and1918. The letters recount Conrad's experiences from boot camp at the U. S. Naval Training Station to the day he ships out on aboard the HMT Caronia to have a chance at Fritz.