Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-15
ENGLAND, Eov. 4. 1911

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,.spsRs Chrtstnans letter"
NY dear father:
+ wi1r now take the advantage OF
today fathers day. and write you
few lines, We can say most anything
in our letters to you. am very an,
x;ous to hear from you, haeV naa
no mail. siace way in September:
will tell you bt Of my experlen-
No.. IN the lire. / first went to Bel
gium in the Flanders or Ipres SEQ
and from there to KENNEL iron.
there we came down to France anu
took over the line on the Somme near
st. Quentin and had g bit OF ha'o
essht;ng there. Then we went TO ehe
line uu at Cambria. know you nave
saer all those names In the papers,
No doubt YOU have beea very ANXIOUS
tn know Just where have been DONG
INV s;ghting. You can remember those
nlacea and you will know where WAS
: u,aa near ST. Quentin when was
.,c,Indeti<-rI would love to tell you
I,ess. out I hardly know how to De-
gin. ~. 1o+
better when ] see you ! am soihe ~
cav I had a very, hard tight TOT ne'
know there is not another one -
,,u,,. iahad .sssch q, marrow escape. ine1e
sverss ~ stwtc1 ]: ;:fssule tl1roush;aS
fsce and nose sshastering mys cneeA-
hone coming out just about Ia OF an
inch below my temple. So 20" Kne"
hoyy near that was. ~
Lam getting on fine now and nope
+o he home or in the U. s. A. no" ia
. fe,v more weehsI went before the
Noard q few days ago and will De
coins, home before long. Will nave
% have another operation after get
to the States, and then Will De
right My eye is giving me d VI. ~
+ro,It,e the one on the left side where
T was hit. =
How is everything in the States? i
am anxiously waiting to- be back "lth
Won ali again. I know the Tune
short now before Z can be back IN the
States.
We sure did put up a good fight ana
Won see it did not take us long to emo
the great war. was in the fight that
first crossed the Hindenburg line. L
don't know whether you ever read any.
thing about our division t3Oth) or not
but we were right there at all tunes
when there was any fighting to Se
done. I will tell you all about my
trips out on mo Mans Land at night
between our lines and his when L get
home had some fine fun, and, too
had some narrow escapes. And too
I will tell you. We had. lost all of
our officers and was in command OF
a platoon the morning when I. was hit
and don't know how it went on then.
1 was hit: out in an open field, and
thought Of course. would die then.
But in a few minhtes l said, mo, l
won't die here, mist go home" So
with the aid of two German prisoners
went back to the aid station about
two miles and was dressed. And
from there I went on about ten miles
to the train in an ambulance, and
from theer about 100 niles to base
hospital and was operated on and be-
gan to do better and have been i'm
proving all the time since. You must
write me real soon even though / am
expecting to be home soon.
My address is: u S. A. Base Hospi-
tai, 204 Hursley near winchester,
England. I am crazy to hear from
you and all the folk have been IN
lonesome hospital for two months,
and not a letter from anyone Well,
1 will close. With a heart full of 10 Ie
to you all, I am.
Your own true son,
Corpl. Claude K. Wingate