Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-14
SOLDIERS LETTERS.
Y. 0. VALLEY WRITES TO MS FATHER.
Tells Of Travels In France And England.

best of health and everything, and
am still wishing today was tomorrow
so it would be one more day nearer
Rehabilitation day." There's q
great day coming" with all OF Us
fellows; the day when we can put on
our civies clothes again and do what
we please and say what we please.
Well Dad the censorship rules are
partially off for us fellows pending
the outcome of the war and are all
owed to write almost ANYTHING now.
The names of the places in France
and England that we have been to
and the different fights we have been
ia and the oates, so will tell you OF
some of the places and some of the
trips I've had.
You remember the first letter ]
wrote you after | came over here.
was written while | was in Brest.
That's where we landed and stayed
for about a week and from there we
went to Camp De Lacourtrine about
four DAYS in side door pullmans. In
other words box cars that are Just
about half the size of American cars
with forty men to the car. You can
imagine we were some comfortable;
cold weather too. And at La Cour-
tine was assigned to the 1st Bat
terry Field Artillery Replacement
Regiment and stayed there with
them about d month and all l did was
groom horses and do target practice
on the artillery range with rs mill
meters guns. better known as French
75s. So I got tired OF ourrying hor-
ses and having a chance to transfer
to the End heavy Tank Company
decided to try it.
was transferred about the LIST OF
June and about week later we came
over to England, landed at South
ampton and from there went down
to Dorset county to small village
named Mool to Tank Training cen.
ter and was there and at Wareham,
another village about seven miles q.
way until the 10th. of October and
we're then transferred to Company {
of the 3O1st. Battalion that was al
ready over here in France. They
left Moreham about the lst OF Sep
TENDER and had already been in two
or three fights Il was in the 302 Br
J while ! was in EngIand and bad had
! some casualties so came over witt
/ some others to replace them anl
! just here in time for the third ani
! fourth shows they were in; though
; didn't have chance to get 10 either
but | was with them on the line I'm
til the Armistice was signed, wher
we came back here to Magnicourt
/ (Mon-i- koor) pile of mud, one o
} the most important products O
France
; This Battalion has been Ia foul
J shows September Goth. October
, Z and 18th. and 23rd. aud were al
! dressed mp for another when tn
thing stopped, so | didn't get
chance to see what the real shov
looked like, but there were severa
very realistic side shows that / wa
in but will tell you more about
when ] see you.
Oh, ] forgot | was going to tel
you some of the places I've been in
First one was Brest, then Remnes
Tours, La Courtine. Chaterou, Tour
aine, Chartris, Orleans, La Havr
over to Southampton, Bournemouth
Pool and dozen small towns i
England and after leaving England
La Havre. Ameins, Cambria. Be
paume. Achlet LIE Grand and l CUES
; a hundred Others that we have bee
through while we were chasing Jel
Try; anyway we were up at the Be
gian Border when the war stopped
So If you look at map you will Sc
that the Battalion covered lot {
ground 10 all their travellings.
4 Well guess III close and writ
: some to my Jane, guess I've wri
) ten enough for one time anyway.
Write soon to your son,
YANcY d. VALLEY,
! Company G. 301 Bn. American T.
A. e. F. care OF b. E. f.
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