The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08
FROM LEROY Boy r.
~" "-" Christmas

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Wheeler of
Leroy are in receipt of the following
interesting letters from their son, Roy,
who is with the A. E. F. in France:
On Active Service with the American
ExpeditiOnary Forces
France, Sept. 13, 1918.
Dear Folks at home:
I have just received your letter of
August 9th and was mighty glad to
hear that you are we'll and enjoying
such good weather. The days are
warm here, but the nights are cold, it
has been raining for a few days.
am we'll and feeling fine, but l have
not heard a word from Don yet.
don't think he is very far from me,
but I have not been able to locate him.
I am goingsto Paris next Sunday, if I
do not have to work, and I will try
and find out where he is and look him
up, but you must not worry for he is
all right or you would have heard
about it.
Monday night Art Craig and went
to town and had supper and some feed
too. These French people are some
cooks, and instead Of putting it all be-
fore you, they serve it in courses and
it takes about three hours to get a
good supper. They do things SO slow
and easy like, it looks as tho hey did
not know there is a war. / wish you
could see their wagons, most Of them
use two wheels, and instead of putting
two horses side by side, they put one
ahead of the other, some times two,
and some times four. 1t makes big
string, but they sure do have some
dandy horses here. Every Sunday the
people flock out here to the camp
from Paris, they all want to learn to
talk English. /.
By the time you get this letter you
will have read about our big drive. 1t
sure was some big chase, and Pershing
says to the boys that it is "Hell, Home
or Berlin by Christmas" and / guess
it will be home, by looks of things
You must not expect lot Of letters
from me; paper is very scarce and
big drive is on now, and we are work
ing night and day, but don't worry
about me, 7 am all right, and safe as
can be. Must close for this time, as
it is getting late, and I get up at 5:15
Lots Of love to you all, and tell the
kids to write to me.
P. S. / am getting all your mail, now
We get mail about twice a week.
France, Sept. %, 1918
Dear Folks at Home:
Just received a letter from Dad
written Sunday, Aug. Is, with the Me
dina news in it, and was mighty glat
to get it, l tell you. You bet l wisl
you were here to see some of tht
things I see every day, and I hop'
some day you may be able to see it
France is not like I thought it was a
all. I surely was surprised when
saw it. I wish I could talk this Frencl
language, but I do not believe I will
be able to parley with it. The Frencl
would like to learn English as mucl
as we would like to master French.
Well, the next time you are eating
green corn, I hope to be eating it will
you, and, mother, | hope to get hom
to help you eat some of that jelly yol
have put away. l can almost taste j
right now.
I Ihave not heard a word from Dor
as yet, but hope to run across him al
most any day now. In all, I have re
ceived ten letters from you and Dao
some of your letters and talks ar
good, and with mighty good ideas.
You must excuse this writing, as
am doing it under difficulties. I an
using two candles for a light and al
old board for a desk, and right acros
from me they are having lite music
a banjo and mandolin, and some on
is trying to sing. So you see it j
rather hard to write very much.
think Vern had a birthday this month
| would like to send him something
but he probably would not get it, a
things do not get through very well
But I wish him many more happ,
ones just the same, and hope to be abl
to help him celebrate the next one
By the way, Dad, you said you hope
you could believe the papers. Well,
guess you can, all right, for they ar
giving them He'll, all right.
| Well, j guess had better close fo