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Letter From France.Under date of March 18, Colwell Frakes writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Frakes, as follows: pear Homefolks: /I wrote you a letter two or three days ago but since then I have received several letters from you and em writing another. I was sure glad to receive your letters and to find that you are all well. I am glad father is alright, for I worry when he is not.1 received a letter from Barret Brew.-eter to-day. He is over here now and2 hope to meet him some of these days. .We may be within a few miles of one another now, for all we do know is that we are both somewhere in France.I expect to meet some of the fellows from home before long as there are anany of them in the army and they will all be somewhere in France before long. Tell any of the fellows who are coming in now that if they get a chance to come to the 6th Field Artillery to take it, for it’s the best regiment of field artillery in the U. S. army. I am sure glad I am in it and would not transfer at all of my owrn accord. I suppose you often wonder if I am homesick or tired out with 1 this sort of life. You know I always was quite a fellow to be around home. 1 I don’t think any of the boys over here iove home and homefolks any : more than I do, but if I had it all to Jive over again from early last spring J the only change I would make would 1 be to enlist a couple of months beforeI did. I do not think I would like the army life in times of peace but in war time when my country needed me I am sure I would not be satisfied outside of it. That is the thing that keeps
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Corydon Republican
Corydon, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 04, 1918
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