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Show IE. KOI RECEIVES , WOUND II BATTLE OF JULY 18 Writing to Ogden relatives, Edgar Carson says he thinks tne war will be over by the next Fourth of July. He adds that there are lots of things ho would like to toll about but is forbidden forbid-den to do so. Everything, he adds, looks good for an ending of the war he was wounded has been received. It is as follows: "Le Frays du Soldat, July 21, 1918. "Don't be surprised to learn I am, in the hospital, as it Is not sorious. Just a slight wound on the right cheek-, and am getting along fine, but am pretty weak, as you can see by the writing. I can't eat anything but a little soup. "We started 'over the top' on the morning of the ISth at 4:15, but I only got about 300 yards, just to the German Ger-man front line trenches, when I went down. But I got up again and gave my ammunition to one of the other boys and got out my first aid bandage ban-dage and tied it around my head and started back for the, first aid station. It took me two hours to get there, as I had to stop so many times and wait for my eyes to clear. They sent me, to a French hospital, where I have been ever since. They sure treat us1 all fine here. I guess the boys are still on the chase and doing good work, and I wish I were with them, j "The piece that hit me was a piece j of high explosive 6hell, one and a quar- j ter inches long and three-fourths of, an inch wide. It bit mo close to tho bridge of my nose, going down to the I point.of my jaw and stopping between my jaws, but it never even knocked out a tooth, but as. the shell is pois- j I' onous, the side of my head ana necKt is swollen pretty bad. Maybe I will1 have time to write more olten for a while at least. We intended to have j a good rest after we came out of the trenches tho other time, but there was a rush order, so we get the rest after we get through here. "July 28. 1918. I am still in the hospital, hos-pital, but have left the French hospital and am in an American and am getting get-ting along first rate. They discovered the other day that my jaw was frac-"turcd, frac-"turcd, so they have wired my mouth all up. I can't even wiggle my jaw. It sure feels funny, but I am getting used to It now and have to drink everything ev-erything I get into my stomach, but will be all right in a little; while. "August 2, 1918. I am getting along all right, but can't eat anything yet, as they have my mouth open about an inch and it Is wired solid, but I1 am a good drinker, so I get along pretty pret-ty good. 1 think I will be all right in a week, or two." |