Show ENJOYS ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME IN AN OPERA HOUSE luxemburg dec 2 1918 dear wife we are in a beautiful country we are living in a town in an opera house and have a piano and electric lights we are close to luxemburg but expect to move father up any day here we spend german money so BO I 1 will have to learn to count money again we did not have turkey for thanksgivings but what we had bad sure tasted as good we had bad boiled beef mashed potatoes brown gravy jam sweetened coffee and one halt half pound stick candy we moved on the front on july 9 just a little wa from the marne and started firing the alth and from then on it was nothing but work we had the germans on the run and we followed that drive for a mouth month anil and pulled bick and rested a couple of days and then started for the st michiel sector at that place pace we only took up one position and got the jerrys on the run we then moved over on the verdun sector and was in the second great battle of verdun then ie V Q moved to the aragone sector and wo we followed that drive up the mesa river when the war stopped take tak it from me that was mas sure worl work but we all went at it like we liked it and neier neer said a word the dutch could send some awful large shells back at us and when they hit bit it would make a hole you cold put a house in it makes a fellow wonder whether he is going back to the states or not I 1 think perhaps I 1 will be home for easter ROLLIN TWITCHELL |