Show letter from fr 0 m jam to tn his war pal beaver utah sept 16 1924 dear pal another letter latter ca came methe the other day and am glad to bear you will be tu our meeting on S september e 29 will look forward to one long talk with you yon telling me of the sickness you had reminds me of the morning we arose the first out it at sea how good the breakfast tasted how bow great wo we ceru feeling until the time tor for dinner then our heads began to feel light and the fish wondered brod why they were having a feast ohl oh how sick I 1 was bui but you were I 1 over it in ID two t wo days then you tormented mo me until I 1 throw threw several things at you oh I 1 happy when we landed at breast france 1 I can almost see those frenchmen nd kids bling on the dock while we wo through out cigarettes at them say wern aernt it those happy times yes but we were ignorant gnor ant of what was in store for us ua later on and pal we can say eay we slept on tile the hard bard floor of the barricks that belonged one once e to napoleon pal remember the laugh we wa had when we were first introduced to 10 our means of travel 40 hommes and 8 chevaux fhe rhe vaux and come to think of it we had much over 40 men in our side door pullman I 1 remember you remarked how pretty this country wits was on our way to bordeaux but pal lt it a forsaken hol bole e we were put into at camp do adaus it reminded one of the sandy camp of as oh but what would act nci we give for or a to get to the states State sv and then pali pal remember the feeling when we were ive told to lo pack our belongings that V we were leaving for the front our next stop would be chateau thierry Ph PhI lerry erry I 1 longed tor for a 0 look at the old home you and I 1 spending the last night together for we thought we might go west at a station several miles from chauteau thierry we got our flasz ars glimpse of war here the shells of a boche plane went through the he building but I 1 recall the sight of oc the town of chauteau theirry Thel rry the buim of the desert town which no doubt was a beautiful city before shells camp came in contact with the buildings here I 1 remember the peculiar feel ing 1119 which came over me tor for at dusk I 1 was astride a lead horse hitched to a gun Ove overhead rhoad a piano was dropping shells on the shell torn town I 1 thought I 1 was doomed but pal we ve went through 0 K X remember tho the hardships we WB had bad liere lem for two weeks when we received our baptism affire at the kirer vestle oh yes yea nothing can drive that from our mind tor for the hardships we endured were hard to believe I 1 lard here we PIG starved tor for food we were deprived of a bath f for or weeks before IL e could find water to tb iise use tor for this purpose I 1 recall driving a host of germans from their dugout and eating bread and cheese which they left behind at another time you and I 1 came to a can of salmon opened setting near the roa dede with a spoon it la it we thought it tasted good tor for le had been without food for days daya hera we found sherman was right when ben he bald hell ohl h pat pal but we me were to elduro even harder times in the iho battles which were to come tor for at st e had mud mild and rain almost every y but there wo we suffer from the fire of enemies guns like we did at a the other fronts remember pal hore here you and I 1 had ad a shell upon our shoulders car crying it to our guns when nt at one jn in tho the morning of september 12 two reports for a six jaeb gun was our signal tb pun gilr our lany lanyard ardi and do you recall that noise one could hardly hear himself aimse it talking oil oh how b ow happy we were when we saw berries Jer ries going buck back as prisoners remember after three days we were out of reach of the germans and move any ally closer bo be cause we had no horsepower we finally went into retirement tor for a week here we received replacements aud and while liere bere germac planes pianos bombed us f and caused a little damage then on september 25 wo we left for the last beg battle the dragonne Ara Arp gonne oh pali pal remember the hardships of this place the terrible bombing we received from many herman berman acos here we fought on the famous dead mana Al aills hill here I 1 almost wont went to my home on he other side on october 24 when 1 I with twelve other nen men and edisteen erf horses were caught in a box barrage but through the will of the lord wo we all escaped unhurt except one driver whose horse fell with him and he injured his hia log leg in this battle you were almost lost in the town of chinal re lie member Sep serges which was a shelling point tor for the berries Jer ries remember aulsy which cost man many of our m men on to lay down their hand remember dun sur meuse aleuse whore where we crossed the river mouse meuse on a pontoon bridge we were the first heavy artillery north of the bueso and remember tho the price it cost us to cross over iborg I 1 recall the piteous crys of our own soldiers that that our artillery was firing low oh pal do you remember that evening how it still haunts me ohl oh pal then wo we received word that an armistice Armistic ewas was signed right while we were in the midst of all that fighting how did wo we feel many knelt down in prayer thanking their god for sparing the life the hardships were over we would soon return to our loved ones tears flooded tho tha eyes of many men for the good news yes that was some s sight ight to see these hard fighting hoya boys lay down their guns and cry tears of joy homo home was in sight and soon all of us would he be near our mothers dads dada wives sweethearts and other loved ones then came the remarks that as long as we lived we would always remember this day Novem beer 11 and sot set it apart as a day of happiness to remember member le our mothers and fathers who fought hard battles at homo home keeping the home airee burning while we were away now val pal we gather together on this day september 29 1924 and have a big celebration on tho the day we looked forward to and we show our mothers and dads dada we remember them by giving them a big time on this armistice Armistic day by getting together and I 1 shaking their hands and kissing the toll toli worn faces of mothers I 1 believe in it you believe in it all tho the boys bos who had bad on an tile the 0 D believe in it 1 I then come out dear pal and help us make this ono one big day now ill close tor for this time tor for it will only ho bd a short time until I 1 sed see I 1 you remember sep september 2 29 9 your loving pal JAM 6 |