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ftSomewhere In FranceMarch r, 11HS. D°ar Brother and Sister:I thought I would write you a few lines t let you , know that I am well anti hope | that when these few lines come j to hand they will find you ail the ' same.Well, L am in France now. 1 landed safe. \\ e got here on my birthdav. the 4th of March. We were prettv Jurkv as we only saw one submarine and it came up right by the side of the ship that we were on,—but there were seven other ships along and we saw ir before they could do anything much. It tired one shot at one of the other ships but mi'sed it. You talk aboutwar! Fhero sure was -ome of itfor a httle w!;i!e. All of those big mins shooting and there were some scared hovs on board about that time. We came over on the Prince Friedrich, one of the Germans' own ships. We have been on tins .-'hip for 20 days and you talk about beingtried of water. I sure am. This is a fine country. It is like summertime. We are in the Southern part of France. Weleft ou the Pbli of Feb. and landed, on the fourth day of March but they are holding us on the ship.They don't know where to send us. Jake, you ali don?tneed to worry about me f*ir 1don’t think i will have to go tothe front for a while. I wouldhave not missed this trip foranything. There is plenty to see here and all the difference in the world between here and there.When you.write to Annie, tellher where 1 am and that 1 am well and having a nice time. When we g-t to wheie we are going I will try and find Stanley and Mike.Will write more next time. Give *v v love to all.sFrom your loving brother,Joe Fishbaek.
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Cannelton Telephone
Cannelton, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 25, 1918
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