# World War I Blogger Captures Attention

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-blogger-captures-attention/432947>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-blogger-captures-attention/432947 "2008-01-10T04:24:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-blogger-captures-attention/432947/1 "2008-01-10T04:24:15Z")

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That’s right, World War I. No typo. The actual blog is [here](http://wwar1.blogspot.com/). A news story is [here](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/08/wwi.soldier.blog.ap/index.html).

Fascinating stuff.

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**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-blogger-captures-attention/432947/2 "2008-01-10T16:34:22Z")

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Well, to be fair, one of the descendents of the soldier is posting his letters 90 years to the day. Haven’t yet read it myself, but it does sound interesting.