The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-09
Has SEEN MUCH OF FRANCE
Letter from Charles a. Razino Of the
Ammunition Train.

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account NJ submarines The trim gavo
ms tho iaea. that tbe cantain wos Inn.
,na the loon ae if In an alrnlane I'm.
IN lanalnp we we're introduced IN a
rest rapn INT o,ass All the how viii
agree that If was mjsnamed
Dnrlnr most of our stov in Frame
we have been conveying cars NJ over
mako and deecrin,ion IL vorions
plaoos IN France appreciated t,is
orpor.unit, varv much as il Mad =
two-eold e,,eot First I, aided no
work at tbe front and second W. de.
rived 4 wonderfpl amount NJ e,neri.
ence In niph, driving which We would
have had n encounter mad this war
continued month longer The IN
fantrv of our division wos hooked IN
leaya for mo front in necember and
of course the ammunition train must
follow The infantry and artillery
am writipp This letter at IN Ian
whore we iusf arrived with a conway
~ ffty Ford trucks The trim broilpht
ne 4 wnnderfnl eynerienco because we
trave'ea over roads Of every descrlp.
tion II was while we we're enrou.e
~ III Ian fiat we learned that Inc
world's coneict had been drawn 10 an
end bevond au doubt bv the Ameri
can forces and II Is with much Meas.
nre that we can sav that the Allies
aopreciated our mar, in fhis war
Is we entered different towns ana
cities tbe old MS we'll as Tho youna
wonld shout Bocbe Finished" ana
would throw flowers a, ms. We later
learned that Roche Finished meant
thar Germany had acknowledeed de.
feat French ana American aags
were in evidence everywhere
on orr return we we're Obliged 10
wait in Tours for three hours and dur.
inc this time an American Red Cross
train arrived With yeral wounded
Young heroes on board An ware
marked ~" class which mean, they
were disqualified for future military
service and were returning 10 the
states talked IN seyeral of them
and though /; was interesting( II was
Iispleasiny to hear Of their bardships
and believe me what they said needed
no evaggeration. But wish YOU
could have seen tbe en,rit These vonne
heroes possessed
learned that This contingent repre
eantad a h.anch ~ ever,- division and
every comnany Of each division and
AZ course was most interested in the
72th division on accoun, of brother
innnired II there were any 907 Ma
chine runners IN tbe train and
LEANED hero were and II goes with.
ont saving that was more than glad
In learn that brother was moro fortu
nate and was ma, amongs, Them An
.ba time know from what they said
that any one waq fortunate Ia be IN
any class
Whi'e nm ,hese conyoys we are suh.
iactea M Inc .ame hardsbius as ,ho
/ boys a, the front exclusive of shell
Gro and believe me central and north
avn rronce are coI1 M This lime nf
,bn war While II isn't INV wish IN
lnqni, JacI Ernst bv comparing him 10
kaiser Rill / have seen the time
when we Thought that ne too knew
M mercy
perbane have mentioned enouqh
NJ these nnnleasing experiences q,
war en- win undertake to describe
rronce Southern France &c rather
warm whna central and northern
rronce are cold m nresent In our
trin to IN Ion we encountered some
varv stoon monntaina and n is snr,
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