Pvt. Fischman of New Haven, said that he was impressed "that a man, when going 'over the top' is temporarily insane." He served as a prisoner of war for seven months.
"We are in the range of the big guns and they can be heard very plain from here. Well since leaving the hospital I have put about twenty days in the front line. ... We have had some real hard times during that time you bet...."
Sgt. Maynard was killed on November 11, 1918. He is buried in France.
Letters to the Bridgeport Comfort Club from the Foreign Chapter in France. Written by Sergeant Leslie R. Barlow, 102d Ambulance Company, 26th Division.
