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Vignot France

Dec. 14 1918

Mrs Emma Gardner

Greentop Mo

My Dearest mother,

it is with the greatest of pleasure that I try and ans. your most kind and welcome letters which I 
received today. one was dated Nov 19 one 25 and one 26 and believe me I sure was glad to get them they 
found me feeling just fine and enjoying life, and I hope that this may find you the same well how is 
everything at home by this time? everything is prospering just fine over here it rains everyday but

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that dont [sic] amount to anything for everybody is ust [sic] to that well I have been a hard one to 
keep track of sence [sic] I left the States. on april 9 I left Fort Sill Okla, reached N.Y. 13 sure 
had sometime [sic] there on may 3 set sail for England reached Liverpool the 18 from there to Winchester 
England from there to South Hampton took another boat across the Channel for France landed in Lahore 
France from there to Err where we was in reserve of a drive that was taking place near ames. from there 
to the Alsace was in

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the trenches 31 days from there to the big drive at St. Mihiel we were in reserve there then we started 
the big drive in the argonne Forest where we had 5 or 6 days of real fun there

3 or 4 days aside of big shells whise [sic] bangs, machine gun bullets gas rain and mud everything went 
fine we sure had Jerry on the run but on Sunday sept. 29 we cellebrated [sic]

Jerry covered us up with fire crackers, gas and about everything he had to fight with, but when dark came

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there wer [sic] no dutchmans in sight but dead ones and they wer [sic] laying 3 deep ha. ha.

then we came back feed up for about a month and got fitted out again then went in the trenches near 
Verdune and was there for 12 days and got back from there.

and the war came to an end and believe me nobody was sorry for that so we are now in a little town 
cawled [sic] rignot about a mile and a half from Conmercie which is a large town. and every body [sic]

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is hoping to get home in a few weeks but I dont [sic] have no idea when we will get there I guess I will 
go to Parise [sic] to help put on a praide [sic] before Presedent [sic] Wilson, wish you wer [sic] there 
to look on for it is going to be a real one

and Ollie has never heard from me, I have written her several letters, maby [sic] she hasent [sic] 
ever got them yes I expect Ollie is getting to be a big girl any more [sic]. I sure would like to see 
her, yes and dont [sic] worry about the Xmas box of it not

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ruting [sic] me. I sure will be glad to get anything you send me. whatever you send sure will be highly 
appreseated [sic].

you asked me some time ago if I eve [sic] got the money order that you sent. I sure got it and had a 
good time while it lasted.

so many thanks for it I suppose that it is getting allmost [sic] to [sic] cold for dad to car ride 
much any more [sic] isent [sic] it, tell him to save part of it untill[sic] I get back, for I aim to 
give it - for a few days ha ha.

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well I have run out of news so I expect that I had better close for this time so with lots of love 
and best wishes and hoping to hear from you soon I remain your loving son

Lloyd.

Co.C. 139 U.S. Inf.

via. N.Y. A.E.F. France

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A letter from France
please publish it

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well I have run out of news so I expect that I had better close for this time so with lots of love 
and best wishes and hoping to hear from you soon

I remain your loving son Lloyd

Co.C. 139 U.S. Inf

via. N.Y. A.E.F. France

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