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Somewhere in France
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Aug 26, 1918

Mr. F.E. Miley,
Green Castle, Mo.
R.F.D. #1

Dear Sir, will try and answer your letter which i received a day or to [sic] ago. Was shour [sic] 
glad to hear from you and that you are still getting better and hope you will continue.

We have haveing [sic] some fine weather here had a fine rain here yesterday every thing looks fine 
the wheat is fine and they have begain [sic] to

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thrash it now, they have one horse tread machine, it is some what slow to what ever i saw before. 
They thrash a half of a day on one load of bundles.

Things are quite different to those in the states the trains are mutch [sic] smaller.

The wagon rodes [sic] are fine most all of them are paved,

fences they are out of date or havent came in stile [sic] i do not no [sic] which

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I like this country fine the weather is is [sic] fine it isnt neather [sic] to [sic] hot nor to [sic] 
cool but dont no [sic] how it will bee [sic] later on it is fine now. 

You spok [sic] about your fine melon patch I do wish i had one of the melons.

I and Rueben Jepson have been together most all the time i saw him this morning and told him about 
getting a letter from you, we are glad to hear

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from old U.S.A.

Well i will try and get some of them old coins right away if i can and send them. I have been on the 
front once and back for a rest now and feeling fine and dandy

I will have to close now it is getting dark.

Privit [sic] William Gauer

O.K.
R.D. Hobran
Lt. MA.

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Pvt. W.H. Gauer
Co. K 8th U.S. inf.
A.E.F.

American
Y.M.C.A.

RECD FROM ARMY BORDEAUX
10 AM SEP 1 1918

Soldiers Mail

Mr. F.E. Miley
Green Castle
Mo;
U.S.A.

A.E.F. Passed
AS CENSORED
A 984
R.F.D. #1
O.K.
R.D. Hobran
Lt. [illegible text]

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