World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule team driver) in the 314th Field Artillery Supply Company, Battery “A,” 80th (Blue Ridge) Division in France. Dutch Riggle was a PFC with the same unit.

Over the next fourteen months, Archiving Wheeling will share their letters home, in chronological order, 100 years to the day they were written. To listen to the podcast, visit http://www.archivingwheeling.org, the Archiving Wheeling SoundCloud page, or subscribe through your favorite podcast app.

Learn more about Episode 1 at http://www.archivingwheeling.org/blog/camp-lee-great-war-september-24-1917.