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Show LIEUT. L. C. CREESE j 'WOUNDED KT1 On August 5, Lieutenant L. C. Greene, brother of Dr. S. E. Greene, , ''' 1846 Adams avenue, was wounded In action. Writing to his mother in At-Ianta, At-Ianta, Ga the young lieutenant gives expression to the splendid spirit characteristic char-acteristic of the boys fighting in France. i "Understand that if anything hap- ' Pens, it was for the best I am honest 3) ; when I say that you -would gladly give tl ; the lives of all six of your sons in this 9 cause if you knew the things we must t;-y contend with. There is not much ex-'f' ex-'f' aggeration In the reports that you V ; near, I can toll you. The Hun makes e ' us hate him, and we all know that he a ; .,, ls ean enemy to fight. This knowl- eugo, which wo have coupled up with .j , good old Yankee ingenuity, Is tho self; se-lf; 1 cret of our success, ll i ) "Wo are not looking for an early S !k h' so we sha11 keeP building up for 'QQ future; and then we shall have a , , j eal pence that will last for genera- d - im We are fI6htinS now t0 fInIsb Ib tbin gup so that we can return to ir civilian life with no worries as to a r ; repetition, it will be a glorious day ' sj -en we Jand in the good old U, S. . 'J la describing the bombardment Lieu- 5j il :?,nnt Greene graphically pictures the d ' f.?,flllr,e and its result by saying that 'vi ' w , enrth looked like ripples in 1 ' R !?r" 80 constant was the plowing J - ! the shells. c ' I ,KLleuteil(mt Greene was wounded on r 21 day Allowing the writing of the v !' ST whlch is dated August 4. He is s ed hIs mother on September 7 that i) ,f Vs doIne nicely, but at that time o had not been notified of his in- FJ lhe telegram from the war de-gnrnent de-gnrnent reaching her on September |