Show Billy Harding Tells Dad About the Scrap France lo France rance Nov 1918 l Dear ear Today Dad has hall been set lot aside for the boys to write to Dad and tell him all about the big match and also how it came callie out When we left New York we landed landed land land- ed at Liverpool England Then we took train for South Hampton and sailed salted for France Fiance landing at Harve Marva We then went to a training camp at La and I stayed there for abo about t a month joining the F. F A A. Brig 80 Division By Dy that time they were ready to begin be gin the bout Taking train we left our camp and landed at Marolis then we hiked for fora a couple of days and took another train for Vile sector It was at this place that Fritz got his first knock at us by dropping hl his bombs from an airplane We stayed there until they had us matched up for the bout We Ve then marched up to the ring at the T front and fought the tho first round We came out all right and didn't loose a man Then we went to the front and staged the second round We gave him a hot round for his trainor trainor JosIng Josing losing Jos- Jos ing several men After that we went wont up on the Verdon Ver Ver- don front and fought the third bout Coming out with a nasty knock out outright outright outright right in Fritzs Fritz's center Dad you had ought to see him run Wo We couldn't catch up to him Some times we were in front of the infantry We Ve lost several men rien but Dad the boche were lo losing hundreds hundrEd at first t. t We drove him for over fifty miles Then they gave us a 1 relief and andon andon andon on our our way back to the rest camp carup we ve heard of the armistice being Well we are at a French training camp waiting to come home live Ghe all the folks my love and regards Ff Flom om your son BILLY |