| Summary: | This document is a postcard from Paul C. Arnold from France. It was most likely sent with other letters or postcards to one of his sisters, Stella Arnold White, Ada Arnold Sides, or Claud Arnold. Although it is undated, it was almost certainly written when Paul C. Arnold was stationed in France from 1918 to 1919. The postcard shows a man standing in front of the French village of Les Mesneux after its bombardment by German forces. It has a caption of "The village bombarded by German shells", a second caption of "Photot. Marcel Delboy, Bordeaux", and a third caption of "24. Les Meneux (Marne) - Le Village bombardé par les obus allemands (cliché déc. 1918) M.D." It appears that the name of the town is misspelled in the third caption. Paul C. Arnold writes about his travel plans and homesickness. 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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