Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-25
DEBORAH Bop, Son of f. j. Rosenthal
Writes Another Interesting
Letter From France
TELLS ABOUT COUNTRY
BEING SHOT UP
Took Possession of Some German
Trenches Which Were Fixed Up
i'm Fine Style
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| pdck IL WOuld De gone, or else some
one would take the good parts out. |
When We were hauling those hospi-
head and loaded them into box cars.
There were lot of German prison
ers working there so talked with
them a while. / asked one where he
was from and found ont he came
from town very near to mothers
home. He sure was thankful to
America for ending this war and
said "Gutt sci Chank,' He had been
fighting for four years and now he is
a prisoner and is enjoying life.
We'll mother they say hot choco-
late is ready at the Salvation Army
so | must go and get some. The
Salvation Army has sure done
wonderful work for us over here and
deserves lots of credit. They serve
hot cocoa and doughnuts nearly
every day and sell lots of things we
can't get other places. If fellow is
broke they will give it to him and
that is more than any other organi-
cation will do. They give out the
stuff and if you want to pay, all we'll
and good, if not you don't have to-
Well l guess this will have to be
enough for now. Oh my what shall
We have for Thanksgiving? / am
tired of turkey and chicken, lets
have just piece of real steak with
those good carrots on it. Oh, but how
my mouth waters when / think of it,
know you will have plenty to eat
and not only plenty, but good, good,
real good home made. Well dear
folks i hope you well and wish from
the bottom of my heart happy
Thanksgiving to all and may God be
with you until my return. Say hello
to all my friends. With love,
Your son,
CONSTANCE ROSENTHAL.
Co. c. Sd Corp. Art. Park, A. E. F.
Nov. "a, 1918
Dear Folks-Most of my letters have
been more or less family letters,
!, that is / intended them for ALL This
one will have to be for father only,
as Uncle Sam has set this day for all
, A. E. F.. soldiers to write Christ
, mas letter to their fathers. / would
: much rather / wouldn't need to
: write to you, but that / could get up
; Christmas morning and say "A Mer-
ry Christmas Dad" but under the
circumstances / cant, so lets be
thankful We can write. hate to
, think that can't take hand in the
| Christmas doings in the business
You don't know how much ! miss it.
If 1 could just be there and haul all
the goods and fix up for the grand
rush / would be tickled to death.
Those midnight sessions that Rene
and / used to have would be lots Of
fun now. 1t won't be long though be-
fore we will come marching home
and when we do there will be just
as good time in store for us even
though it isn't Christmas, won't
J there be dad? The one who has al
ways been at home and taken part
in all misses it more.
| have not been doing anything to-
day, except to fall in for mess and
shave myself. Since peace was de-
clared we have not been working so
hard. There is very little night driv-
ing now. We have long trips though.
many as long as rs miles and then
We take our blankets and sleep in
our trucks and drive in the day time
only. The roads are good now, so
driving is not near so bad. Since the
shooting stopped we have not had so
much rain, so that things have dried
up fine. The days are nice and clear,
but cold nights. 1t freezes every
night now, but one can expect that
at this time Of the year. Its too bad
the big pond doesn't freeze, because
If il would We would skate home.
wish / could be some place where
/ could buy some little remembrance
for you folks, but am miles away
from such place, so can't. Even
though can't don't think that ] am
not thinking of you, because am
always with you ALL
Our mess sergeant just gave his
order for Thanksgiving and 1T sure
did sound good. 70 pounds cram
berries, so pounds celery, prunes,
raisins, -four, meats. Guess we VIII
have some feed Just the same, even
though we are in the army wen