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3 DAYS’ HIKE BROUGHT HESTER TO THE RHINECorporal Joseph Hester Is now with the Amy of Occupation on the Rhine after an eight days’ hike. His letter to this office follows:Frier, Germany, Jan. 20, lfllfk Dreir Sir;We arrived in this place December . 3, after an eight-day hike. It is a : pretty nice place as all the buildings i are standing and no signs of war,' while in France it is different. Yon cannot find a building standing where the Germans have been.^ The sixth infantry has seen a good deal of fighting as they were in the Vosges sector for fifty-two days, and I from there they went to • the St-jj Mihiel front in the American higj j' drive which .the people in the Stales ' know alt about.' The sixth infantry reached their objective. two hours ahead'of‘time, from there went to the Verdun; where we spent from the first of October until the eleventh of November. We. were on the front when the armistice was signed. We; :1 ■ were going over the top that morn- J -jing only the Germans decided they | o had enough. !fj Everybody in this) outfit is enjoying, •tithe heat of health. I: will close, (banking you again for,the papers.Yours- truly, •• CORPORA I, J OSEPH- HESTER.RCo. 1. lt;th Infantry.I A. P. O. 7-15,, 'A. E. F. .
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Hamilton Daily Republican News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Wed, Feb 19, 1919
Page 9
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