TRANSCRIBED FROM THE DREW COUNTY ADVANCE APRIL 15, 1919 P. 3
Dear Brother:
How are you by now fine I hope. For myself am all O. K. at the present. Well, Kid, I received your letter Saturday and was sure glad to hear from you for I had not heard from home in three months and I am also glad you are back home again and I wish I was there, too but I don’t guess I will be there before some time in June, for they say we are the first Division to sail in June. Gee, I sure would like to have been in my old Division with you, so I could have been home now instead of being up here in Germany but guess I will get back some time. Didn’t get up on the front did you? Believe me, if you had seen what I have, and gone through the hardships you would never want to see another front. I was in two big drives, the St. Mehiel and Argonne Meuse.
It has been raining here for three or four days and isn’t much showing of it stopping soon, but I am not out in it much for I am doing guard duty, in the little town where we are stationed by the name of Welchbillege, Germany. We were in a fine little town before we came here. It was Cordel just seven (7) K. W. from here and the boys go back pretty often. I think they must have some “Janes” down there. I know we sure did have some great times there but we are not aloud to talk to them on the streets but we are staying in the house with them, so why should we worry. There is from 1 to 2 soldiers in a house and they give us a good bed to sleep in and treat us mighty nice. There is a good many of them show a grudge against the Americans but not all of them. It is mostly the old people, see. Well Kid I have written about all I know for this time, so am hoping of sailing in June, as they say.
Y. House
Co. A. 344 Eng. A. E. F., A. P. O. 764.
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TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Dear Brother:
How are you by now fine I hope. For myself am all O. K. at the present. Well, Kid, I received your letter Saturday and was sure glad to hear from you for I had not heard from home in three months and I am also glad you are back home again and I wish I was there, too but I don’t guess I will be there before some time in June, for they say we are the first Division to sail in June. Gee, I sure would like to have been in my old Division with you, so I could have been home now instead of being up here in Germany but guess I will get back some time. Didn’t get up on the front did you? Believe me, if you had seen what I have, and gone through the hardships you would never want to see another front. I was in two big drives, the St. Mehiel and Argonne Meuse.
It has been raining here for three or four days and isn’t much showing of it stopping soon, but I am not out in it much for I am doing guard duty, in the little town where we are stationed by the name of Welchbillege, Germany. We were in a fine little town before we came here. It was Cordel just seven (7) K. W. from here and the boys go back pretty often. I think they must have some “Janes” down there. I know we sure did have some great times there but we are not aloud to talk to them on the streets but we are staying in the house with them, so why should we worry. There is from 1 to 2 soldiers in a house and they give us a good bed to sleep in and treat us mighty nice. There is a good many of them show a grudge against the Americans but not all of them. It is mostly the old people, see. Well Kid I have written about all I know for this time, so am hoping of sailing in June, as they say.
Y. House
Co. A. 344 Eng. A. E. F., A. P. O. 764.
NOTES:
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD