Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-01-03
"A Z. T., F,.,ncc Nov. "a. 1oia

l.. Dear Dad:---
Guess you kuow this Dads letter
day. bat Pm afraid l can't write us
nl II rs / could tell if was there,
on III going to write something and
then l can tell tho rest when / get
there, don't know how soon that will
DO but l don't think it will be so very
long
have seen quite bit of action
in the last three months. was
wounded in the big drive at Verdun
when the Yanks put it over the Hun
there was quite bit of excitement
was under shell fire almost two
days, but came out alright only II
small piece hit me in the back, but
its all healed up now, but | sure
didn't like TO hear those shells como
over for you know they didn't have
any eyes and I'll tell you, your son
was scared several times and had to
dig IN, that means dig hoic in tho
ground and get in il and believe me
1t didn't take mo long to put down
hole large enough to get in, either
for could get mighty small, and
could lay rs close to the ground MS
most anybody. l think sometimes |
wasn't rs thick as u cigarette paper.
l could lny SO close, it was kindly fun.
ny some times but believe me il was
! more exciting than funny most of the
time.
Well, have been almost all over
France, it's wonderful country, lust
about fifty years behind time, that's
all | was in Tours yesterday n large
city in France. bu. wountln't give Old
, farewell for the whole business, hut
guess this four years of war Inns Ind
quite bit to do with it. have been
inPnris, that sure is nice plnce.
| would like to 70 to England but
| don't guess I'll get to 70 now. |
have mingled with the soldiers lots
since l have been over here, and have
seen lots of the girls, like tho girls
much better than do the boys, In,
but guess that in natural, but they
are more like our girls guess. The
French are nice and kind to us Am
orleans, but | can't learn their Ian
gunge. | only know few words.
We'll ! nm wearing my six months
stripc now, but it docan't seem like
1t has been that long since lett the
armStates. | am wearing one on each
arm, we get gold strips one on the
right for being wounded and one on
the left for six months service 80 YOU
SEQ | get both.
Well thing Uncle Sam is going
to give us good feed Thanksgiving
nnd l hope I'll eat my Xmas dinner
in the U. $. A. but can't shy wheth-
or will or not, but guess had bettor
whit and not tell all the news in this
letter Or | wont have anything to
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