Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-11
CORPORAL PETER LEMiEUx =
 HAS REACHED CAMP DIX

Corporal PetersI4amieux. Co T. o2nd Infantry. 51st Brigade. 18th division. has written to The Bulletin from Ho- boken to let his friends in TaftviIle know that he is back again in the United States and is soon to have his discharge. Then. he says. it will be home again for him. never to leave.
 His letter gives his experiences in army life in the Yankese division, where he fought and was shot in five different places, which obliged him to be sent to the hospital, from which he made his escape A. w O. l.. to join his outfit when he heard it was again going into action.
 His letter follows:
 Oct 8. 1s1e
 Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and arrived here at last at Hoboken. N. J.. and it is about time in so many different companies that was well known in France. When.I enlisted joined the First Connecticut Infantry and in the middle of July I was transferred to Co. l. 102d Infan- try. went over sea last September, 1917, with the outfit and in every front line the division was in was with them. I saw action at Chemin de Danes, Soissons and then came down north of Toul. That was where the 102d infantry and also the 104th In fantry caught h-1 April 20. 1913. La ter in June we were sent to relieve the Second division al tBelleau Wood near Chateau Thierry which is where was wounded by a machine gun. I was shot in five different places.sI got hit in the neck and both shoulders. in the arm and in my left leg; but that wasn't enough. so I kept on going for about five hours till a gas shell burst in front of me and knocked me down. When I woke up I found myself in the field hospital. 102nd. and was sent to the 1o4th Field Hospital. From there I was sent to evacuation hos pitaI No. and then went to base hos pital 32 I stayed there \ for three weeks and got news from my olds out fit that they were going fo start drive on St. Mihie1. So I got talking to friend of. mine and I asked him from the hospital and go back to the company He answered yes. Sd the next morning about o'clock we jumped out of the window and got Sto the railroad station and jumped on a freight and we finally got back Ito our old company to get in the drive just in time. We'll. we lived through that and we finally went up in the old wood where there were many lives lost. For five days and nights our company fought like fools. When we wsrE Believed we had ten men out Sof a company of 250 men, We were re- placed and sent up north of Verdun. That was where I lost one of my hest pals He was killed at the very last minute. It was two minutes to eleven when we were both in the same she'll hole; as we were setting our automa- tic rife to shoot he was hit between the eyes and all he said was Good bye, Peter. I'm dying. Invent ;; to pick him up but he was dead. He was friend who fought with me from January 1918 till Nov. ii. 1918. and the last day I lost him We fought together side by side. but I would give anything to see him again &
 After the war was oyer we hiked for Il days, going from town to town and making from s34 and 70 kilessaa day. We finally got there at. lasb and the name of the town was Mandres Well, we stayed there for almost two captain came up to me and asked me