Carry On: Letters in War-Time

A collection of intimate letters from a young Canadian artillery officer chronicles frontline life in mud, dugouts, and observation posts. He records practical details of daily routine and the hazards of artillery service while avoiding operational disclosure, and the immediacy of his pencil-written notes conveys fatigue, wry moments, and small comforts. Interwoven reflections examine moral shock, pity, courage, and the effort to preserve a humane, literary sensibility amid horror, alongside longing for family and home. An introductory memoir by his father supplies biographical context and frames the correspondence as a record of personal and spiritual adaptation to wartime demands.