American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-31
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LETTERS FROM POWER
COUNTY SOLDIERS.

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Mrs. Bert Davis has received the
following letter from her son, VINO IS
now in Germany He has had eight
months fighting the Huns. before
the war he was with the National |
Guard, six months on the Mexican
border: .o,o
Flumgen. Germany, Dec. 16, 1918.
near Mother: / will drop you a
few lines. ! am getting along iine.
We are over in Germany now, don't
know how long we will be here; we
NAV be here long time; we may
come home soon, anyhow we hope so.
You don't know how glad we are
that the war is over and | suppose
YOU are the same, for / have seen
awfnl sights over here, something I
hone never to see again in my life
II would be too much to tell you in
writing so | will tell it when | come
home. Did you get the card ! sent,
Won in time for Christnas2 We are
al the present in a German home; we
sleep in the dining room; there is no
sitting around the mother and two
girls and us boys; they seem to be
happy; don't know how they feel
at heart but they treat us very nice;
be sure and have plenty of gas for
the car when | get home. How
would like to see you all
Your loving son,
Corp. Earl e. Garrett
Battery C, 146th Field Artillery
Mrs. Frank Barnard has received
the following letter from her son,
Glenn F. Barnard, who is with the
Third army of occupation, in Germany
Dungenheim, Germany,
Dec. IL, 1918.
Dear Folks
} Well we're still on our way but !
! guess we're almost to our destination.
7 From all I've learned we are going
l to Coblentz, Germany, that's about
e 80 kilos from here. I will try to tell
$ you something of my travels.
( We left New York Sept. 1st on the
S British transport "Belgic," The trip
a over was good Didn't see any subs
e or mines and the weather was fairly
e good. We landed at Liverpool, Eng.
! Hand, the 18th, and loaded on train
and went to Winchester, England
e We were there for three or four days
& in one of those English rest camps
h then we went to Southampton and go
p on another ship. II was small boa
|, and the trip across the channel wat
y rough, and ] was sure some seasick
The next morning we unloaded a
h Cherbourgh France, and hiked abou
or 6 kilos to another rest camp
II From there we got on a train ant
y went south to Anglers. There we wer
transferred to the 10th and we sur
J., got some drilling for two weeks W
l. left the 176th about 10 o'clock on
night and started on one Of thos
re pleasure trips in box car. w
d, passed through Tours and severa
n other large cities but we didn't get I
go through Paris, we unloaded at y
ly Dizer and were there for day and
ig night. Then we started for the from
We got off the train at Semens an
sp started to hike to headquarters OF tn
308th.
n It was early in the morning whe
es we started and We didn't get ther
until about S o'clock that night "
re stayed there that night and our brncl
n. about ~ of the old Co. ID, were tram
ld ferred into different companies an
It. I2 of us came to A Co. Well v
ny hiked all that day and got TO A G
They were living in the trenches
nd the old Hindenburg line. There
'ul slept in my first dugout and we we
glad to get that as II rained near
ay every day and 1t was sure miserabl
We were there for about six weel
m and I sure got my fill OF the wa
ur what / saw OF IL there.
Then the Germans started to :
ed treat and of course we had to folio
ou them up. We went as far as Dur
'er France, aad built bridge across Z
Mnese river. The Germans 4
, blown II up when they retreated. '
'm. were there when the arnistice "
signed Then we found out that [
30Sth regiment was supposed TO