| Show Interesting Letters from Soldier Boys M 1 is France Oct 1918 l Dear Derr Ones nt at Home home home- I Well its been sonic some time wince since t I thad had a 4 change to write I Joined the company compan the of ot last month Afew A Afew Afew I few days das later we move moved up to the front line Heres Here's where the party started The drive lasted tasted for eight days lays and believe me Fritz has nothing nothIng noth noth- nothing ing on me IDe when the bullets come coma raining in from all directions No Noone o one knows knows' war Is until you jou havo have been right In it Our division i done great work for tho the first time In In If It I could all your questions questions' would be is about the home bome boys bors but I am afraid they would not pass You may hear from other sources Now r as for torme me I am ant well and In Inthe inthe the best of condition I 1 think when a man stands the tho first battle O. O K the others will not be as hard man ninn is right when he made his state state- ment We are now out for r rest several miles mills behind the lines Don t know how long we will be here hore I received six of your letters when hen henat at the front Those letters lure titre gave ive me more life than ever before I 1 crawled down In our dugout and read them several times Umes That post postal pos pos- tat tal card Of of WaVe on the lake lake sure looked like real life Ute A bath tub that water or any other othel water water wa wa- II ter would bea great treat to us The letter dated Sept arrived here yesterday st You say China has has' been sent to Camp Lewis The iThe other day dar an blew over us and dropped a newspaper The head Unes lines said Germany askIng asking ask ask- ing lag for tor peace If It t I Ik true Ill I'll sure suto It help l you eat the Xmas dinner Well ll this Is about all the news I Ican Ic Ican c can can n this morning so will kill close hoping you jou ou are ure all nil well and happy Also hoping Waves Wave's wrist w will soon b be better P I With lots of love Ime and kisses KLYDE t 1 S. S If you ou can get me ate Chinas China's address send it It GIve Ul my best to all Cp Klyde A. A A Petersen Co M M. M G. G Dr Bri A A. A E. E o V. V J. J France rance 5 HI FROM CORPORAL KUICK JOFFS JOS Somewhere In id France Oct 6 5 18 Park City Lodge No 7 I. I O. O O. O F. F J J. J O. O Johnston Dear Sir and Brother Brother Drother- I made up my my mind to write a few tew lines today while I have hav plenty of time I I believe you all like to hear from front us I t am Rm In a hospital wounded wound wounded ed ell In the chest from a piece e of sharp sharp- nel net but Its lis Just a wound so 80 soI soI I am nm walking around now and Ill I'll be bo alright soon Boon I think It If the wound dont don't start tart to go ba bark k on me They are sure taking good care of ot us ue here That fight tight we had was sure some scrap believe me and we wo made the tho Germans Germane run run and and they are still running Those who are not running funnIng are aro yelling Kamrad Kamrad I iguess guess gueM you all nit know what that moans means The American soldiers are fighting like lions They are not afraid to attack attack attack at at- tack anything anything so no the Germans are never sure where they are going Koine to get hit the next time and limo and are getting licked now We Wo have had pretty fair weather hero here for a 1 while now but we are expecting ex ox petting the rainy season soon lIoon I guess you yon have plenty of snow In Park City by now Last winter I saw snow mow only on I once and that lasted Just one ono day dar I would rather be bo In Park City with snow up to my myc neck than stand here In mud knee deep but deer but I 1 Iguess guess we will get used to it Ill I'll be in Park City some day then Ill I'll tell you more about the life me over h here re No place on earth Is better than old United States I suppose there are not many young fellows left In Park City now Over here is the place where they need husky young chaps chaos Some day day- we will all come 1 ack back and I believe that timers Is ia not not- very far away away Still there Is plenty of hard of hard fighting to be d done rt yet Well there Is nothing more I Lean Ican cat write about so BO Ill I'll close l se with Ith gooc good wishes for all the members members of No 7 and I wish them all good luck Yours Yours' sincerely i ERICK BRICK JOFFS JOFFE p FROM H I FRANK FIt Machine Gun Training Dept DellI Camp Hancock Georgia November 1918 My Iy dear Mother Mother Mother- Received your dear and most welcome welcome wel wll come letter also the package was wn certainly glad to get the smokes am and the tablet and the box of candy ant and the they came carne In good they are sending most of the razor razo blades over to our boys over seas I am sending you a little mUe box of ot cot cot- ton It is nearly all gone now so you can can see how cotton grows In the sunny south A field of It looks like a snow field I wish you could se see it I just put out a big washing today today to to- da day a couple pair of ot pants and leggins leggins leggins leg leg- gins shirts and five pair of socks Awash J A Awash wash out you will say so will williee fee iee ee I I was busy for a while believe me j jWell Well dear mother anther we we have 1000 m men n In our company all nil new men In Inthe Inthe Inthe the school where I am Instructing and ind we have 2000 more men to get Into condition to go over the top lop and see the fire tire works 1 I am nm In the highest highest high high- est eat ranks in th gun school as an an Instructor and I helped train lots of ot men some were easy not much trouble and some more morg you ou could note not e drive rye n nothing tI ln tu in In their heads I I have to laugh It Is hard wok ark b but t I like It fine tine and I guess they are going to keep me here for jor that p purpose I h sant 1 want to get to be bc a lieutenant lant only let me me that Is all aU I want I am coming home to you with burR bars on my shoulders when n I Icom Iconic conic com l again If 1 I dont don't get tet my uty commission commission com com- com I mission here I 1 will surely get et It In France By tho the way dear tear I 1 received a box of lundY candy from Maggie l Kelley In San Francisco and it was certainly great Why dont don't you send lIend her a letter and break the news of the town to her She sal said you never write to her i r nd say mother got a box of If candy from Alice Shanley In California It ft rare must have havo cost something It wits was so big bigand and ami put up so nice We are still under quarantine I must say lIay that Spanish Influenza Is hell alright All the places are closed down here cant can't go to church or show or any anywhere anywhere anywhere where else as I think by Saturday It will be lifted No one Is IN getting sick now now Lots of fellows fellow's died here with It The rate of ot deaths here at one onetime onetime onetime time was 1 7 10 per per hour Almost two an nn hour or 44 In a allay lay day Lots Lot of n nurses nurses are down In bed with it Five ten tents s are full pf sick nurses s contracted contract contract- ed from the soldiers so they are ure game to Tell every everyone one hello for me When I get out of quarantine I am going tosu to su surprise you ou with something Those tablets you sent me for my m throat I never had anything the matter with wilh my throat since I left home so su dont don't do t worry about me I Iam am arnIn In the best of condition and never felt better In my life I get letters from several of the boys bos In France Franco they are surely doing some work over over over ov ov- ov- ov er there The time Ume went back this morning and we picked we-picked picked up a good hour sleep Dearest mother will close for this time oceans of love and kisses to you Thanks for the package again Your loving son FRANK IH FROM I Y France Sept 19 tho Dear Mother Mother l 1 received your letter letter let let- ter today and was very glad dad to hear from y you u all 1111 Was glad to learn that you had l leased ased the farm I hope this will find you all well welt I am well and feeling felIng fine tine at the present pre pru- sent time We Ve came from th tha front a few tow days ago This is the first front I have been to The drive I went to I got a D. little bunch of gas but It didn't amount to much While Whilo we were atthe atthe at atthe the last front it was raining all the time and aDd It Is still stilt pouring d down wn Well J Mother I guess you think I hav have not been writing but I have written three letters to you and re received received re one from front you Have you heard from Dick Do you know If he lie Is in France rance Wo We dont don't get much time to write we have not anything to write with Tell the girls all to ita to write me ItIs It ItIs Itis is nice to hear front from home once onre in a while I send my best regards and well wishes to you YO and hope you are allwell allwell all well Your son I ELISHA A A. 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