Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-01-10
From The Soldiers
continued from Page FOur)

W. NCIc vi inc TOuu tlItt nay.
and nights. We passed through
suburbs of Paris and landed in u
small place by name vi Satcnoge.
W. vent from there TO u villag,
Prasey. there for about ten day.
then moved to Bencrve. We stop
per there until We were? fully
equipped which vas about sis
weeks. From there We liked two
days ~ l~.ctracy where ", wore load
ed on the French Pullmars" again
\ part of our company was spl,'
and attached to engineers as iA,'
guards for arcoplanes. We went
from there to Tove. went out about
two kilometers to small! town il,
billets for about four days. wher'
our other part Of company met us
II was there We first had an OK
p~erience of an air raid. There wa
one every night we were there, and
when the bells and whistles would
blow all the civilians would 20 for
their dug outs, which all OF them
have. something like base ments at
home. From there we left in trucks
at night (evcry move from now oil
is at nightly to a small town that
was shot up and deserted. on Il
river. where we all got a good bath,
We stayed there one dap but lef'
that night for the front. We got
there about 1880 p. IN. in what
IS called reserves. on wha. was then
n quiet sector. Our batillion was
split and our company was attached
to the third battalion of $50 inf
There was nothing doing there
much. and we stayed days,
then we went to what IS called the
main Line of defense. There We
took up positions around por; =
marsson. There we first GOT u
last" of Fritz's shell fire. and | SAW
my first town to be shellrd by hem.
II was it some sight. FROM nov
on dates are small things and the!
have slipped my memory. except the
18th of September, when W" "rn'
nto the first line, winch = about
one mile further up than We were.
Al m. the big driv" started
which was on tn" st. Michel soc
,or. We were in the trenches !oi
about fifty days. being under shell
tire Ill the time. and also every
other one vas gasrd. Flu w. were
lucky, guess, for thcr" W., {:
.rr: mall per crntacr If caeril
,tica. We had plenty of GOOD hu.
as and trenches that tho Ter
M built for us. At last "" we're
.".i.yrd and thought We H.r" Euinr
o {, rest camp. but beior y" k.."W
il wa were near Verdun aud req,
h!nr We knew in the ArGnnn" Wocd
N both sides of the Mouse Ever,
nd there is where We put II Il
h""' II would take Il long i''t"r
"a 20 long tim" TO talk tc You and
IA Won what we went through
ri Nhat We saw. Thongan1s on
I,vrm,hs prisoners were marchint
" but there were lots of &. rmanS
nd Americans left on The Pears
nd in the woods. they ',ft so fast
hat the boys could not catch ali
u them. We we're east ul III,
,i,u.c and made our drive, tom
'ou,..r: went over the top three.
imss n ore day. went back III
,se.v,. when one night ttwo '.nya
| before the Armisticc va 70 be
'gnch) about ~ O'Clock W" poi u:
nd,r. To move We @O' ~ md
l.kod hat nirhf and Ill next day
10 Nayloy to hip "A division iha'
iiad mo opposition. But They hau
| pu' me Germar1 on 'h' run wh",
y. Got there and we then went Ou'
y h woods, From there to Sanl
uary. 'l,rn a. this place. from here
! don'' know. hut hope 20 ON
pori I" BACK home.
r"rrivrd "a letter from Pratt.
T." COW" ont all right. yin a.. ii
N"-. ga fat a. "A pig. vernon
! James Is here. b" vas down +" see
mr ;his noon. He H. o. h There
a !ot OF talk that We Will b. II
IA" states soInc time IN January.
have not been sick but one tim.
md tha' was for Il few GAYS but
! hay" had a slight touch OF ihou
l.tis, once or twice. ! am hur'
thankful 10 ti- good Lor!, ana u
ore ,.'Hr. ,h;t on" ont 9. TN.
as good as an. Tn" closest shave
! had In the Who'll" thing was on
Sept. IL. a she'll exploded aud xii
$500.