Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-19
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Private s. Miknlaizak.


Private s. Mikolajzak.
Dear Sister: The war has come TO
an end and 1 can thank the good Lord.
for / have 20 through all the big
battles hat the American army a
been engaged in. The first battle was
a bloody one-this was the one near
the Marine and l came out of IL with
out a scratch. We did good work
there and drove the Germans about
twenty miles and by that time we were
pretty tired and exhausted. and so
were relieved by another division. We
went back to a village and got some
new clothing and q much needed bath.
Soon after that we started for an
other front and this was round the
St Mihiel sector n only q short dis
lance from Metz. We made a clean
sweep of the Heinies here and then
went to the Argonne front and that
was a tough one. 1t was HI around
there for a while and We captured
Montifaucon only after some very
hard fighting. In these fights the
planes bombed the devil out of the
Germans and helped the doughboys to
break through. This was the last front
our division was or and the war ended
then so we could not do any more
fighting and now our division is on its
way TO the Rhine and taking q large
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Germans had abandoned.
We are in the third army and n
OF the divisions that has been selected
to take care OF all the evacuated terri
tory. so I do rot know how long Ii will
be before we will get home.
I can not explain to you what it IS
like over here. II was really like a
dream going through that fighting and
all the gas. too. Sometimes we a to
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was terrible In the hot weather. 1t
makes you cough and sneeze like the
powder that they used to blow around
for fun, and this is much worse than
that Your brother.
STEPHEN.
VIM. IL. Nelson.
France, oct. 10, 1918.
Dearest Mother:
This Is indeed a wonderful day n
yesterday was almost its match. L
have seen more sights in the sky the
last two days than o can count on
your fingers and toes, the most wild
ly exciting OF which occurred late yes
terday afternoon, almost over our very
heads. There were many planes soar
ing about and all at ono a dozen anti
aircraft runs opened up and dozens of
machine guns. We looked up into the
sky and there. seeming to have sprung
from the air itself, q red-nosed, iron
crossed Hun plane vas flying among
our planes and balloons. He made a
quick dive, like a hawk after a fish.
and headed straight for M of our
balloons. firing a stream of bullets in
to the giant balloon as he came. The
observers In the balloon saw him
%swooping down at them and jumped
their parachutes spreading out beauti-
fully above them. None too soon did
they make their leap for the balloon
was soon a mass of flames above them
and 1t seemed even then that the doom
of the one observer was sealed for the
burning air-bag semed to come down
on a line with him. BY good work OF
the men on the ground the r OF
the falling ball of fame was altered
and both men were saved. 1t was II
of the most beautiful sights I ever wit
messed not to say one of the most dar-
ing and exciting. The end of the cpl
sode came a few minutes later when
an American aviator downed the Hun.
HENRY.
165 Amb. Co, 1T San. Train, A. L. +.