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,:sWITH THE COLORS* • k « • •. Letter From Claude ParsonsFrance,. 6-18-18 Mr. W. A. Helms, . ''4 A* ^ A Mhave a hard time of it.It is not a duty but a privilege to be a cog in such a machine, but cogs require a lot of thick, dirtygrease to run' smoothly.It is pleasant to think that you areDear Uncle‘ ... . , , , , , ,Somehow or other I seem to.-be !?oing -.*«■ hardest task and particularly near home today, lies- thf the reward will come when yousibly it is because I am sitting i® a.get bome/ga*n; ■ .... . .nice comfortable chair smoking at, fTry to tb ’ er’ of tha fact-good cigarrette. that wo are buying for the next gen-One of the greatest sensations eratloa to c0™e tbat wjuch we would one feels over here is that he: is no “ost des.re-freedom from war anddistance from home, either i miles,th® 0WT1 hberty-or timez-iOoems as if only a few “f ^pursuit of happiness; andhours ride would bring you' there,; fea ^ ^ pnee proves to be exorbi-and that it will only be a short time ta^'tbe Purchase is greater.—‘r—'• • ■ Thia /mnnfvtr ia f lilro ivoirbefore you go, letp hope it will be.Oh the other hand have you everThis country is not like gay America; the war has subdued it; it is gray,stopped to think what a wonderful but lt 18 the .pure gray of a misty thing it is to be caught up by the, hand r mo™mZ compared to which the lux-of destiny at a time when the world's, ™ col°* of America, carefree and history is in the making and thrown! extravagant, is the bright. color of into the process? I 'often think of it P»'S“ there, I am wax-,when I see men flowing in here, from P°e‘IC’ *’bich 18 tbe «*« that jseveral different nations. A11 kinds of better stop,men, all little cogs in this. great ma-Try and keep everything the samechine whose product is evolution ipto at'b»e' for I love to think of it so,a Better time, and this brings me to aPd*lt;*P well and happy looking tothe second queer sensation, which is:jtbe time when this shall end. Answer Thatthe nearer you get to the war the soon' farther away, it seems.At home it Ja like seeing an old painting from a distance, where the Whole is comprehensible and the. motive of each part is. seen; here we have stepped dose to the canvas, nothing7Claude Co. A. 16th. Infantry -o-——— «Letter From Walter Gibson% x •Somewhere in France,June 25th, 1918.^hows but the colors of oil, the little Mrs. Rosa Gibson, 1 * .‘parts, ieach ugly, but necessary. It Sallisaw, Okla. in this strange mingling; the life of Dear Mama:—war, coarse food, dirt and total ab-1 I will write you again to j^t you sehce of uplifting influence,, with the' know I am, still well and hope you aretowering Idealism of the principles the same. Well we are pretty wellfor Which and an ‘ satisfied with the French people, theyi^demurrent of fate fashioning the treat us so nice. I went put walking Watory^bf mankind; how malleable in awhile today and saw quite a lot bfbf infense action, which forms the surrounding country, This hasx^of war and the man who sure been a beautiful place, in time,si
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Sequoyah County Democrat and Star Gazette
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1918
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