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Lester Denney Writes.ll Ligny, France,R Mar. 10. 1910.l- Mrs. W. H. Denney,Springfield, Colo.•» j Dear Mother:— e Your letter received a Jew days s ago and will answer tonight.We are having fine weather now, but we surely need it for we have had so much rain, just y |one rain after another since last h August.t I am getting so webfooted that h I can hardly walk on dry ground, t* I saw the first dust yesterday j u that I have seen 9ince last Aug-r ust.r I received a card froniy Lyle i Knox the other day. If I find e out where he is. I am going- to d try to get a pass and go and f see him.I am expecting to go home in June, if I don’t get transferred into tlie S. 0. S. That is what I am afraid of, but they say that we will be sent back to our devision, and it is booked to go in June.I am running a garage for the v engine?us at this place. 1 have cl nine German prisoners working t for me. They are some good o mechanics, but are very slow, and then I can’t speak the lingo very o well, so have a time teliing them y | what I want. But once I get t»them to understand, they are0 willing and do good work. They1 think I am alright. They call me '•Shorty” all of the time. When they want me to show them anything they will say, hey. Shorty/’1 I guess we will lose them when the peace is signed, but I shall not be sorry, for the sooner that j is over the sooner we shall go home.Tell Grandma that [ shall vj'rite 1 her if I can get time. bu.t I am so : tired of nights that 1 hardly have i the heart to write, t Well, I must close for this time. I am feeling pretty good and am still fat and saucv, so you I see that this country isn't hurt-i ing me very much.Write soon and 0ften Yn**10ur son, iig. Lester E. Denney,Co. A, 104 Am. Trn., rAQO 765., Amer. E. F. via N. Y.
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The Springfield Herald
Springfield, Colorado, US
Fri, Apr 18, 1919
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