The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-16
FROM THE BOYS IN SERVICE
Recent Letters Descriptive of the Life of the Bows
in Army and Navy

The feeling Of American soldiers
toward the Germans is wildly expressed
IN the following letter from First Lieut..
Laurence Sherman of the United States
air service, stationed i'm italy, TO his
father, George T. Sherman of this town
Dear Dad.
Today il is raining like the very devil.
We are having a wonderful thunderstorm
and then some; probably from now on it
will be hot rs the deuce. ] wrote mother
yesterday but there wasn't a whole lot
30 say; there isn't today either.
While | was in Paris / saw about five
boys from school (DartmOuth, among
them Russ Livermore, who is second
lieutenant in the infantry. He has been
pt the front since last February Those
boys told me some awful stories. and
when you hear them from boys YOU know
YOU Just begin to realize what damned
barbarians the Germans are A couple
of the boys were in the 26th and they
were just literally shot all to hell. He
said he was the luckiest boy in the world
that he came through There is a whole
lot of satisfaction, though. in knowing
that everyone is determined to lick those
people even il il will cost a whole lot
both in men and money. We can spare
them Just to get those c. ID
Huns. and that's what they are.
There was regiment came upon five
Americans with their hearts cut out and
laid upon their breasts. Needless to say
they were pretty sore and IL didn't do
the Germans whole lot of good. Ii was
rumored they took no prisoners after
that.
All along the line they are surely
getting il now. and it has only started.
From now il seems TO me that the whole
aspect OF the war will be changed from
"a defensive to an offensive war That's
where we will shine too. / believe Foch
has shown that he has wonderful strate-
gic ability and from now on the boches
will surely get what's coming to them.
| am glad now I'm going to drive a
bombing plane for YOU can do so much
more damage in them, and that's whats
got to be done Just to get back at them
They will surely start realizing then
what they're up against. ] wanted To
drive chasse machine but guess more
for my own personal satisfaction thar
anything else. but circumstances changed
everything. There will be plenty OF
chance to transfer from this later
used to sort of hate to drop bombs OF
cities and women and children. but wher
YOU think those are the people who ar,
backing up the armies and keeping then
going | kind Of look forward to it. They
surely have IL coming TO them.
The Italians. Americans and Englisl
were over Vienna the other day an,
dropped propaganda but next time thel
will have the honcst.to-God things will
them. This is sort of a bloodthrsty let
ter for me. but its the way | feel and i
can't be helped.
IN France the Americans say Hell
Heaven or IIobokcu by Christmas" bu
that is a little too much TO expect. /
they make it in 1919 III be satisfied an,
IL can't last longer than that / eXpcc
we will start flying the big busses in
few days. They cant start too soon 70
me. The boys certainly have gottei
away up on this front. There isn't
whole lot To write about from her,
There are only few of us here now
Give my best regards to everybody. Lot
of love.
From your son.
LAURENCE.