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Flying with Shaffer letters from a Dauphin boy
A 1918 letter from Bouzy France describes a brief aviation tour on the front. The writer details dull delays awaiting new planes, a trip to Rheims, and battles seen from the air, including camouflaged roads and damaged landmarks. He notes visits to a battery, a cave-dweller camp, and Sgt. Putnam’s exploits, as well as a theater show for soldiers and a lack of women in the entertainment. He asks his mother for candy and sugar, mentions mail delays, and signs off with backache and Sunday fatigue.
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