The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-29
LETTERS FROM FRANK SHEA

Ny Dear Wife:
Received two letters from you in
the last week and was very glad to
hear from you.
am now in the hospital with a
bullet hole through my ankle and
foot. l came here yesterday. The
first night was fierce but l am feeling
pretty good now. When they brought
me back from the front l thought
that Ford would jolt me to pieces
and my foot was certainly throbbing.
The driver run into shell hole once
and l sure did tell it to him, and !
didn't use any Sunday school Lam
guage either.
OF course you can see by the pap
ers that the Boche is getting his.
They are just naturally not in it with
the French and Americans. The
French think we are great.
expect to be out of here in about
three or four weeks, and don't think
it will leave my foot crippled. am
lucky in a way for some Of the boys
got bullet through their heads.
France, August 5, 1918.
am now in the base hospital and
am feeling fine. My foot couldn't be
! doing better. can't bear any weight
on it yet but it won't be long before
l can.
will now give you the details of
how got shot. We were "up in the
line" and an airplane came over,
shooting at us with his machine gun
and of course we were all firing at
him. The man next to me was put
ting a new clip Of ammunition in his
revolver Tan automatic) when it
went off and hit me in the lower part
of my ankle and went on through my
foot. kept on firing at the plane
and it didn't hurt for about an hour.
k5out a miunte after l got this the
plane was brought down.
This base hospital is certainly a
pretty place. 1t used to be sum-
mer resort and the government has
taken over all the hotels and con-
verted them into hospitals. They
have about 1900 wounded here.
What do you think of the way the
Americans are handling the Ger
mans? have been around some inn
portant sectors lately ana it's the
same every place. The Germans are
| on the run. The war will be over
this fall / think. At least that is the
opinions over here.
l got a card off German the
other day and one of our boys Ia
German-American) read it for me. It
was from his sweetheart and she said
she would be glad when he got his
15?day furlough and she would be
so glad to see him again, but l am
afraid she will be disappointed for
he had been dead some time when l
saw him. Another German said he
was glad he was captured as now he
might see his wife and babies again.
Some of the prisoners won't believe
we are Americans. They say we are
English in American uniforms. The
average German soldier don't know
thing about how the war is going.
Some of them even think Paris is in
German hands.
Minnie, am glad l came in the
army for the fellows who didn't come
are going to have an awful time when
this bunch gets back. They should
come. II we were over here in great
enough numbers we could end this
war in jiffy.
August z, 1918.
The Red Cross woman was just in
and left me two sheets Of paper and
some gum and cigarets, so will write
you letter.
This has been a long day. 1t has
been cloudy and trying to rain. / am
getting along fine and we sure do get
good treatment here. The "chow"
is fine and plenty Of it, l expect to
be out of here in couple or three
weeks.
What do you think of the war news
these days? The Americans don't
fool with the Germans, do they? And
the presence Of our men on the front
has put new life into the French.