The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-24
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SOLDIER BOY LETTERS ( !
4 X x 4 x x 4
From Perry Latta.
Henffingen, Luxembourg,

March 81, 1919.
Dear Wife and Baby: ! will try
and answer your letters l received
TODAY. was sure glad to get them.
/ am we'll and feeling fine, nope you
are too ] was SO sorry to near ol
Charles death; it came as sur.
prise and shock to me TOR l did no Ot
letter from Maude saying he was
sick but not bad. So you are stay
ing with father now O.. yes, | am
sending YOU picture Tin another
nackage for it is too large to 60, IN
an envelope); it is picture OF
four mule team and wagon and some
of my pals, see il you. can nno me
in the picture. l will send You some
post card pictures OF mysel1 anu
at the falls, not far from here:
There are lots of places of interest
in this country, in fact, think | can
keep you interested for month
telling YOU about the sights I've
seen. / have been from Nice. to the
Rhine and you can see great many
things of interest in that tour. me
most interesting place l saw was
Monte Carlo. You know me nlstoiy
You ask me if had quit using to-
but | don't smoke very much and l
have quit chewing | didn't use II
When | was in the states but over
here it is different. All the boys
form the habit of smoking cigarettes:
I guess Just to take their minds on
of home. o, yes, Nell, you ask me II
| ever got that lock OF your nalr-
Was When / opened that letter. 1t
was given to me in the morning just
before I'VE went over the top at
Consinvoie and l didn't have time to
read it until after we had crossed
the Muese river. We were held up
by machine gun fire and | was ly-
ing in shell hole with the bullets
singing over me when | thought OF
your letter. When | opened IL OUT
said dear girl'' and just laid
there until it was time to move for
ward, so l never got to read that
letter until the next day. Believe
me, we had a busy day and night.
Well Nell, it won't be long now un-
til we will be on our way home. l
will be with you by the time the
roses bloom and then how happy |
will be. O, yes, about the French
beauties, if you want to see pretty
Well 'kid' I'll bet you wondered ii
l thought of you on your birthday.
l did and sent you a little memento.
One year ago today | was in Camp
Dodge. Now here am in big war
and pretty much alive yet. Well,
Nell, can't think of any more to
write will ring off, asking you to
write often. ! remain as ever your
loving husband, Perry.
Sunday evening, Mar. 80, 1919.
| will write you a line or two to
this when I thought l did, just stuck
it in my pocket and just now found
it. You know that is one of my
habits. | got letter from Floyd
Thompson the other day, saying he
was we'll and had just got back from
leave at Grenoble; How is every
body at home? What kind Of Weath.
has been trying to snow here all
day. | received letter from you
today that you wrote two months
ago but it finally found me. You ask
me to tell you some of my expert
ences, Well dear, it would take
lot of time and paper to tell all and
you know l am short on writing
but long on talk SO will wait until
| see you and tell you about it..
way. l am alone tonight. My pal
went to school so ] am wee bit
lonesome. Guess l will roll in, as it
is getting late anyway. 0, yes, en-
closed you will find two pictures of
myself and pals. Their names are:
top row reading from left to right
John Blosick, Walter Leamon and
yours truly; Potion row: F:
Chapman and Tiny Tolliver.
With love, SO long. Perry.
Co. A, 124 Machine Gun Rn.,
American ExD. Forces, France,
A. P. O. $50, 33rd Division.