The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-23
Letters from the Boys Over There
From Geo. Hird to Parls,on Advance.

Letters hom the Boys Over There
From Geo. Hird to Parkston Advance.
December Is. 1918.
Friend Peckham:
Haven't anything to do today
50 am writing q few letters and
thought l would drop you line also
just to let you know that l am still
alive and kicking, that is one leg,
the other one is in sling and has
been the past two months and half.
ever since and piece Of Jerry's
high explosive had little dispute
over the right Of occupation of a shell
hole in the Argonne forest. / was
discharged from a hospital about
three weeks ago and placed in a cas-
ual camp to be sent to the states. but
an abscess formed in the old wound
and was again sent to hospital
where an Xray examination showed
that another piece of shrapnel was
lodged between the bones and was
causing the trouble. So they put me
to bed again and are going to send
me back to the states where am to
enter hospital. have another opera
tion and then be discharged in first
class shape.
have had some pretty good times
over here and some not so good and +
wouldn't t. take thousand dollars for
my experience and for whatAI have
seen. but l wouldn't go through it
again and take all the chances for a
million dollars. I have seen things
that no one can ever describe as they
were. have been in several tight
places and was lucky to get away
and considering that was wounded
was lucky in not getting it worse.
AS it is l will soon be all o. K. ex
cept for ecar or two-thanks to the
excellent medical and surgical depart
ments that the army maintains. Du-
ring the time was at the front
was laision man or runner and be-
lieve me their path is not strewn
with roses.
|. did not gee very much of the>war
but was on three fronts-Metz, st.
Mihiel and last but not least the Ar
gonne Forest. / only lasted four days
in this last one but they are four
days that shall never forget and no
one else who was there It was here
that the 9lst division took the front
wave on the opening day and for sew
en- days the old yell, Powder River
Let ter buck" put the fear of
Christ in Jerry's heart every morning
and sometimes in the middle of the
night.
The second morning in we were
having it pretty tough when GER
geant who used to be cowboy jump
ed out of the lines and yelled ''Let
'er buck or she won't be no round
up The rest followed him and the
way thev went through the line is
history. 1t was here that the 91st
lived up to her name, "Wild Weet, ;"
and guess she will always be known
by that.
! / ran across couple of fellows
from near home here and that is all
that I have ever met over here Pc
ter Hofer, of Freeman. who went to
Camp Lewis when I did, is in the
casual camp and will soon be home.
lie was hit in the foot and is about
o. X. now. l don't know how the
rest Of the fellows came out but most
all of them were in the 9lst but in
different companies and outfits
Well. guess it is about time for
me to ring off or will soon be out
of both pencil and paper. However,
no one can imagine how glad l am to
think of soon being back in the old
u. S. again. France is all right for
Frenchmen but if lived in hell and
some one gave me farm in France
l would sell the farm and go back
home.
| So long-will see you before March
first.
PVT. GEORGE W. HIRD,
1 F. Co.. 362 Inf. A. P. o. 77e
4 American Expeditionary Forces.