The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-06
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From Pvt. Henry W. Sanders.
Bettenorf, Luxembourg, l

BeltenOrl, LuAemDuIS, Dec. q,
Miss Glada Warnstaff, Dearest
Friend: | just received your kind
and ever welcome letter with the
chewing gum in it and it reached me
Christmas day SO l took the gum
for a Christmas present, there were
two sticks and my partner never got
anything so ! gave him one of mine.
He said l would be in on his Christ
not going to get a box, it will be a
good thing won't it? We sure had
a fine Christmas dinner at the COM
pany. The menu was: Spuds.
chicken, apple sauce, gravy, bread
and coffe, and we all got some candy
give to us so it wasn't so bad a
Christmas after all, but of course,
it would have been better could we
been home to eat with the folks,
don't you think SO? | have been in
Luxembourg for few days. | have
done nothing but clean up and be a
real neat and up-tO-date soldier
boy We marched for eleven days.
We made about 165 miles alltogeth-
er, so you can guess about what
kind of a shape | was in when ! ar
rived. | had blisters on my feet till
| could hardly stand on them, but
wouldn't fall out on the march for
haven't never fell out on any
march yet and | didn't want to
break the record on this one. We
had little snow last night but it
is all gone now. We are down in a
valley; it looks like two mountains
On each side Of us: Ny friend;
you hello for him and that he would
write some, of these days before
long. You said in your letter that
you folks were worried about me-
Don't never do that for | will come
out all o. k. You can bet on that
If ! was back home now | would be
out sleigh riding ] suppose. Oh,
yes, we had a good Thanksgiving
were SO high only SOC. per dozen.
That is cheap to what they are here.
They. are $500 per dozen. They
call it 20 franks, so that would be
about 81 in U. S. money. No, |
have not had the flu yet and hope
don't get it. | have a sore throat
tonight but | guess | will be all
right in the morning for there is
drink before | go to bed. The peo
pie in Luxembourg are very fine .peo-
pie; they treat us good and anything
that they have got we are welcome
20 it. Tell mother to have some Of
my favorite dishes for me when
come home. If she don't know
what they are you tell her. Yes, |
about Forest. being dead; it was
You could have gone to the Red
Cross if you had known it, and got
one of those slips. Some of the boys
folks did that way, but | don't care
anyway for ! may be home next
Christmas anyway, SO we shouldn't
worry about a little thing like that.
the deaths. but Cora, that was sure
too bad. Does anybody know how
much that piece Of money would be
if it was U. S. money? ! won't tell
you how much it is until | see if
you know. / have gotten some
German money now; it is silver
All l have at present so l can't send
you any sGn, Of it Just wS;s but will send
and grandma hello for me. When
have you seen Pearle or heard from
her? l haven't got any mail from
till today for three week,
and ! just got one and that was from
you. l sure hope that if Leonard
did get wounded that it wasn't bad
and that he wasn't gassed for ! got
nice. but I wouldn't go to. the hos
pital. l guess that was the reason
why it was so hard on me. You
said you was glad / never got, hurt
in any of the battles. l was only in
seven, and the 18th of November we
were lined ready to 60 over the top
if the enemy hadn't stopped firing
at II o'clock. If they hadn't stop
ped you could have said that you
would have to look for a new fell
low for it would have been the worst
drive that ever was made but we
thank God that they stopped There
is no place around here close where
l can have my picture taken but I
will have some taken some time and
send you one or else bring it to you.
guess that the people were glad all
right about the war ending. You
ask me where my friend was-he is
still with me; it sure is nice to have
a true friend in the army. Walter
and / are staying in a house with "a
couple of old folks and they treat
us like we were their children.
There is red headed girl here now
and she is talking about me but / 4
san't understand her but Walter
IAN talk to them and understand, SO
be said that they were talking about
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