The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-20
coRRIcAN BOYS WRITE HOME

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cORRIGAN BOYS WRITE HOME
Charles and Edward Corrigan have
written letters from France dated
October 29th and November 4th tell
I ing of their part in the grelt fight.
Mrs. j. J. Corrigan of Leadore, moth
er of the boys. sent The Recorder
these letters also some interesting
pictures.
Edward Corrigan writes on Octo-
ber 29 as follows: z
Dear Mother and All: Il guess you
got the letter l wrote day or SO be-
fore / went over the top. Well. we
sure had some time. We did3't see
many Dutch but we had a lot of ex-
perience with high explosives. We
were in it for days and nights. Ho-
mer Tobias and l were lucky for we
went all through it without a scatch
but we haven't beer able to locate
Charley Plum. THE last we heard of
of him he was all right but with
different regiment. Do you remember
the little fellow that was our cap
tain when we left? He is sitting on
the suit case in the picture we had
|taken that morning we left. Well, he
was slightly wounded.
| haven't had much use for this
country till we got out here but we
are surely in scme pretty country
now. 1t is al level and everything
looks nice bat they say we are going
up again so I don't k-:ow how things
will look in a few days.
l suppose you folks thought l was
dead by this time but l feel Just as
md irly II will
back this time too. You see we have
been on the move and havtn't had a
chance to write so as / got hold of
some paper and chance am drop
ping you these few lines.
| guess all you folks thought peace
would be declared by this time but
it doesn't seem they can agres. We
hear all kinds of reports the same as
you but we still live in hopes and l
guess if our hopes hold out they will
agree after a while.
Well, l suppose the snow flakes
will be falling by the time you get
this but it is nice weather here al
though it has been raining some.
Say, mother l am sending you
Christmas coupon and if you get it
send me all candy as it is the hard
tst to get"
Charles +. Corrgan of the 127th
Infantry wrote on November from
hospital, well. it is with great
pleasure that l write to YOU his
tine. | should have written before
but was too sick. l am in hospital
bow, thank God, and getting little
Eest, some good care a good place
10 sleep and no one to bother me,
khich sure is paradise, believe me.
7 ShOnn IN tho front fOT
lays. went over the top times and
Eever got a scar although l had hun
reds of chances ard may close
alls. Cal Dinkle of Gilmore was the
My home boy with me and he was
hcky enough to get slight wound
the leg the first day. Lots of times
wished | could have got wounded
IS we sure had hard grind, but
low | am glad l am alive and alto
Eether l don't think l will be able
% go to the lines again for over two
honths. / got gassed and nearly had
he pneumonia so it will take some
dme for me to get to be man again
am feeling better and have no mis-
Ery. l am really contented and hap
)y. Had a chicken di--ner yesterday
Don't worry about me being gas
led for it only takes time to eXpe
ne poison from the lungs then you
re nearly as good as before. | lost
nv speech for few days but car
ak alright now. 1t is hard TO tel
that they will do with me. The!
lave sent some gassed and Other
atients to the U. s.. They may sent
ne any time but l don't look for any
uch luck | know / would get wei
sster there on account of the eli
hate
Don't send me any money for
bn't need it.
Oh, yes, now for France. There II
little pretty country and few mics
Places here but l have had so man.
aikes and hardshipG since | came
sere that France looks like place
hard work and misery. So you SCI
ae hospital looks like happy hom'
nc | am due to stay here for soo'
shile'