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Knights of Columbus
OVERSEAS SERVICE
ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES

A.P.O. 761

 DATE Oct. 31, 1918

My dear Mother

Just read your last letter of Sept. 24 last evening. Usually your letters reach me in about a month, only seldom that one fails and then it comes later. My letters to you seem to skip a notch occassonaly [sic] but that is due to our moving so much and many times it is very hard to get letters back to [illegible text].I think I have never gone long up there two weeks without writing, and so I have always told you the fact that you don't hear from me is a guarantee I am all O.K.





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I have never thought they had my [illegible text] and from many narrow escapes, it has made me feel more than more that way. Never a scratch and never enough gas to hurt me after three months of fighting except for a few days we spent in moving. In that time I have seen some of the hottest places in France. The scenes pictured by newspapers are no dreams to me but grim realities. I don't say this to convey any impression that I am in danger or worrying for I converse everyone there [illegible text] what is going on. We don't mind it in the least any more and have our good time as we go along. The other day we found and [sic] old piano left by the Germans. We brought




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Knights of Columbus
OVERSEAS SERVICE
ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES

A.P.O.

DATE

it into a little hut we called the drawing room wed [sic] had music and singing with the evening meal. It is more apt here to shoot at Bush [illegible text] with a Bush machine gun and a Bush anti [illegible text] gun we have [illegible text] up and we need [illegible text] some fun shooting at Fritz with his guns and ammuntion. I have had several letters from [illegible text] Both she and the baby are getting along fine. Everything goes fine. I think I told you before, being promoted in Sept. to lt. My salary




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is about $230 per month.

From up[illegible text] it looks as if Xmas might see the end of the war. Well I guess no one will be sorry except Kaiser and his gang, Not for the world would I have missed all this. I am fleshier than when I left thanks to the good food we get. We are the best cared for and best equipped army in the world I think.

Best wishes to all

Glenn

Hello Mary

So you are getting along fine, I see your teachers [sic] husband most every day. We need to be in the same Company, and now he is a clerk with Reg. [illegible text] and I am on [illegible text] staff so I still see him every day. He is a fine man and I am sure your teacher is a student [illegible text] of though I never met her. Write again with love Glenn 




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American Expeditionary Forces
Knights of Columbus
OVERSEAS SERVICE
FROM Lt. L. G. Johnson
354 Inf. Amer. Ex. F.

Officers Mail

U.S. ARMY POST OFFICE 
M.P.E.P.
13 M
NOV 18

Mrs. W. L. Johnson
1310 Alexander St
Kirksville Mo

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