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Coblenz Germany

Feb 22. 1919

Dear mother and all-

Will try a few lines as another week has drawn to a close, which after almost two weeks absence finds 
me back here with the unit again. It will be two weeks next Tuesday morning since I left here, I went 
to the hospital. Took the Flu. on Monday the 10th and beat it to the hospital next morning to number 
14th over in Coblenz.

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I was in bed 8 days, then they gave me my clothes and put me in a different ward till I was feeling 
allright [sic] again. They have this word for fellows who are almost well, but not ready for duty. 
They put them in there for a few days. Before, they had been sending them back when they were able to

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leave the main hospital. Then they would go for a while, and get out of shape again and be back worse 
than ever, probably with the fever. So I stayed there a few days just got back this evening.

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I got a letter from George Freeman, just a few lines. He was allright [sic] and surprised to hear that 
I was on this side.

Also a letter from Sherman Seirts. He is down in France. Marseille I believe was the name of the place. 
He sure wrote a nice letter to me considering we do not to know one another any better than we do. 
Seemed interested and said if I was in

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need of anything up here to let him know and he would help of he could anyway. He is a pretty good fellow.

I wrote Sherman a few days before I left here sick, and the letter was here today when I got back. Don't 
know when it came. He must

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have answered by return mail, but it doesn't take long to hear from a fellow over here. I only wish I 
had some more addresses Shandy, Sandy and Earl are over here some place. If they didn't get picked all 
after Earl wrote that letter you spoke of, and from the way Archie wrote Wed McKinley is over here 
someplace, and several more of the boys. If you can get their addresses please send them for

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they might be close to me.

We are still on the Rhine and don't know how much longer we will be. Quite awhile I am afraid. But 
all will turn out for the best I suppose, as it has been all along the way. We should be thankful 
that all is as well as it is. I am sure things could be lots worse.

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Will send a picture or two in this letter, and in the next too, to make sure if one letter was to 
get misplaced.

Your loving son and brother.

Private Haden J. Craig

M.O.T.C. R.V. 310 3rd Army

Via New York A.E.OF.

A.P.O. 927.

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MAR 16 AM 1919 MP

U.S. POSTAGE
3 CENTS 3

Editor of the Daily News
Kirksville,
Mo.

Mr. J. A. Craig
Greentop, Mo.,

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