Show A SOLDIERS LETTER the following letter was received this week by mr and mrs john bowen of 0 this city from their son homer W bowen who is stationed in france i france january 1919 MY DEAR DEAK PARENTS your dear letter was received to day and I 1 assure you I 1 was glad to hear from you the pictures certainly was fine only it makes roe homesick home sick to look at them 1 I 1 am at ai the battery now and heard when wt we are coming home but i I 1 only ho hope pe it will not be long do not nat worry about christmas presents ants I 1 know h hw ahard hard it is to send me i a package I 1 do not look for foi one this year mother we can feel happy now the war is 13 over I 1 have been worrying about the influenza flu enza I 1 hope it will soon be checked and leave the country I 1 feel eel fine and when that photo was taken I 1 weighed W pounds so you can see I 1 have been doing fine when I 1 was at the oto olo school I 1 saw eddie bonelli Bonel lf he is fine I 1 told old him I 1 w would tell you when I 1 wrote I 1 was at the front six months and was in nearly avery every battle we only had bid three days rest during the six months I 1 have had bad a great experience while in the army and especially in fraai france ce 1 I will wall come home just as abon ai as possible ible I 1 received a package of gum and choco chocolates lites from george and ross I 1 can it sure was goad to pae me 1 I will write again from your ever loving son HOMER W BOWEN V X |