The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-21
LETTERS FROM
SERGEANT GREEN

Mrs Edward Green has received
the following. letters from her son.,
Sergeant Edward Green. who was so
severely wounded during the last
weeks of the fighting in France. Mrs.
Green feels very badly that her son
has failed to hear from home. She
writes or sends him paper every
day and has missed less than dozen
days during the eighteen and a half
months since he left Ocala and join
ed the army.
Base Hospital Sixty One,
November 25. 1918.
Dear Mother: / am over my relapse
enough to scribble you a few lines
and tell you some things which the
censor would not let pass before. We
were on the British front in the big
German drive and were part of the
force that held the boche from
Amiens. We were in the trenches
eight nights and seven days with no
water to drink and very little to eat.
| killed four boches up there and
wounded quite few. When we Were
relieved from there, we went to
Chateau Thierry and were mixed up
in that fight, but did not get any
boche there. From there we went to
st. Mihiel, and took part in that
drive. From there we went to the
Verdun front and we were in that
drive. Here / was wounded aftei
getting my fifth boche. / am very
glad the censorship has been lifted.
The name Of the town where this hos
pital is located is Beaume. Am get
ting tired, so will stop for while. l
don't know how long will be in this
hospital. Can not go back to my COM
pany, but will be sent back to the
United States as soon as l can stand
the trip. Do not know when the doc
tor will let me go. He is a very fine
doctor and as full of fun as he can
be. Goes out of his way to get me
extras to eat, like eggs and bacon,
which is not part of the grub we get
here. For breakfast we get coffee,
, bread and oatmeal, SO eggs ano
bacon help out whole lot. Have not
received any mail since / came here.
With lots of love to ALL
Your affectionate son,
| Sergeant Edward B. Green.
9th Regiment Company B, Engineers.
Hospital 81, Beaume, France.
November 18th, Thanksgiving.
Dear Mother: AS you see, / am
able to scratch few lines now and
then, altho not like my regular writ
:nO b,,f r bouo RI Tic op NV cfor,o ol,
all the time and this makes it very
hard to more than make marks. The
doctor says am improving rapidly,
and they are sending to the company
tomorrow for my service record, so I
will have it when | sail for the states.
Without it / could not be paid off or
discharged. Am feeling very well to-.
day, for which / give thanks. They
say in the paper the hospitals in
France will have turkey for Thanks
giving, but we did not We hao
stewed beef. Have not received a
single piece of mail yet. Looks like
never will. Send all mail from now
on to Base Hospital No. 81, A. P. O.
900. Hope can return soon. If you
have not sent my Christmas box,
lsend it here as my company is now
in Germany. They belong to thS
Third division. Has the influenza hit
Florida and Ocala very hard? There
was soldier in this hospital by the
name of Sellers who wrote a letter
to Ocala but he left before l could
find out who he was. Have seen no
other Florida boys since / saw youns
Smith and Carlisle. It hurt the fell
lows pretty bad that they did not get
turkey for dinner after being prom
ised and kept all excited about it. /
|, do not know how long they will keep
me in the hospital, in the states, be-
fore / am discharged, but hope it
will not be long. because home would
Icertainly look good to me now. Have
enough money as we were paid off a
month before l was wounded and as
we were sent up to the line at once /
did not spend it. Hope mail shows up
i soon as it would make me get well a
whole lot faster. Hope this finds
Ievery one at home well and happy.
Your affectionate son.
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