| Show seen enough hell glad its all over belgium nov 1918 mi hans andersen utah my dear dad and alls well dad as yesterday was the day tor all the fellows to write to their father I 1 will have to make mine today tor we walked about twenty miles yesterday and believe me I 1 was all in last night but then we all eel good about it seeing that this awful bell Is over 1 am taking it as easy as possible now tor I 1 have been sick with a bad cold and a busted foot however I 1 dont want any hospital tor I 1 figure we will be home tor christmas I 1 think we will entrain tomorrow at tor france and I 1 dont know what port we will go up the dear old gang plank but we will get a new abet of harness or clothing and beat it to the dearest father and mother and wife on earth believe me dad here I 1 am a bard boiled flold ler and policeman but I 1 have thanked my god tor the good parents I 1 have and the training they gave me and I 1 hope dad that you and mother feel repaid for the many kindnesses to me anyway I 1 will soon be home 0 help you all I 1 can now tor the army life of cours when I 1 was in the training camp I 1 thought it was rather unpleasant but today it would be a real heaven we got on the boat on july last and sailed the we had a great convoy of fourteen ships including great battle ships and men of war well we traveled a zigzag course way up in the arctic regions we landed in liverpool after twelve long tiresome hungry days and we were in england in different camps tor about two days then we took a U B ship down the channel and the next day we landed at le havertine Hav eraine france we were then loaded in box cars and rode and walked to the town of le rol montag ny we stayed there about three weeks and left there sept cab for the front traveling by night biding in the day light any way we went up in reserve to the famous toul front after being there e week we were sent in the argonne in the verdun country or sector and dad our famous old division fought the most wicked battle in the war and we drove those huns through the great forest and barbed wire and we went through ten days of bell that I 1 pray to god that I 1 never have to go through again nor my children for five days and nights I 1 lived in a little hole with mud and water in it its too awful to write about but dad you folks at home dont realize what war is in cities of after we took them there even be a wall standing from there we came up hero in belgium and opened tho drive in the famous flanders front well we sure drove them here then we were in the front lines the second time in belgium well our hell ended I 1 have been all over france and belgium and on the borders of holland and listen to me I 1 surely have seen enough of the world I 1 am ready to settle down now for I 1 have kept myself clean and lived like a man since I 1 came Into the army well I 1 can tell you more when I 1 get home so take care of yourselves and it I 1 cant be there I 1 wish you a merry christmas and happy new year your loving son walter H anderson military police alv american B forces utah ranks second in increased production in beets and sugar tons of beeta were harvested from acres pounds of sugar were produced carmera get cash whether you be laboring man or capitalist ahls la your country and it is going to be up to you to decide whether you stay with american traditions and principles or step backward and adopt tho program now threatening the nation |
