Summary: | This document is a postcard from Paul C. Arnold to Claud Arnold and Stella Arnold White dated May 22 and sent from an unknown location. Based on other items in the collection, the postcard was probably sent in 1918. The postcard shows a colorized image of soldiers working on cannons with a caption of "Getting Ready for Action". Paul Arnold writes that he will be moving to another location soon. The White family has ties back to the Arnold family through Stella Arnold White. Arnold family siblings Stella Arnold White, Paul C. Arnold, Claud Arnold, and Ada Arnold Sides stayed in close contact throughout their adult lives. Stella Arnold White married Leonard H. White Sr., an inventor who started the Birmingham Fabricating Company. During the First World War, Paul Arnold served in the military with the American Expeditionary Forces and saw action in France. Leonard H. White Sr. also enlisted during the First World War but was not sent overseas.
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